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The Japanese city of Okinawa has been designated a ‘Blue Zone’, meaning it is one of those rare places on the planet whose inhabitants live a long and healthy life. But the rest of Japan also has a high life expectancy rate, something that is largely attributed to the country’s dietary habits.

Japan has conveyed its concern to Moscow over possible Russian plans to build a naval base on a western Pacific island chain, part of which are claimed by Tokyo, a top Japanese government spokesman said on March 28, the latest in a long-running territorial spat. 

There is an old fairground game called Whac-a-Mole. You whack a (fake) mole on the head and drive it down into its hole - and instantly one or more other moles pop up out of other holes. It's an excellent metaphor for humanity's inability to abolish sexual slavery.

South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement on Dec. 28 on the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves that has long soured relations, with Tokyo offering survivors a one-billion yen payment.

Japan will boost its spending for U.S. forces stationed there by 1.4 percent for the next five years, the Japanese government said on Dec. 16, supporting the U.S. military's Asian presence in the face of a rising China. 

The Japanese government donated EUR 71,750 to the health care center in the Serbian town of Svilajnac.

The goal is to support "improvement in medical care in Serbia," the embassy of Japan said on Monday, quoted by Tanjug.

A Japanese Garden that was created 22 years ago by the Japanese government at a museum in the Central Anatolian province of K?r?ehir's Kaman district, has received 45,000 visitors over the past 11 months, already surpassing the total figure from last year. 

The Japanese government donated EUR 42,420 to the Perka Vicentijevic pre-school institution in Obrenovac.

The Japanese government donated EUR 42,420 to the Perka Vicentijevic pre-school institution in Obrenovac, as support to improvements in the education system in Serbia, the Embassy said in a release on Friday.

Punches flew in the Japanese parliament when a brawl broke out over legislation that changed the nation’s post WW2 pacifist foreign policy.

Tokyo said on  Aug. 31 it has complained to the United Nations over Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's plan to attend a huge military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II.