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Now playing Next Japan Fireball lights up skies over Japan The fireball which lit up Japanese night skies was probably a fragment of an asteroid that burnt up on contact with the Earth's atmosphere 22/11/2017
Now playing Next Japan No more alcohol for US troops in Japan US military imposes alcohol ban on troops stationed in Japan 20/11/2017
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Now playing Next Japan Trump said America's economy was better than Japan's and he was probably right "You've built one of the world's most powerful economies. I don't know if it's as good as ours. I think not," Trump said to the Japanese people 09/11/2017
Now playing Next Japan Japan's "black widow" murder accused sentenced to death A court in Kyoto has convicted a 70-year-old Japanese woman of a series of killings of elderly men by poisoning 07/11/2017
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Now playing Next Japan Trump and Abe talk trade and golf tactics at start of Asian tour The US president's visit to Asia is the longest tour by an American leader in a quarter of a century 05/11/2017
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Now playing Next world news Japan re-elect Abe as prime minister after election victory Shinzo Abe easily wins the race to be Japan's prime minister with 312 votes in the 465-seat lower house. 01/11/2017
Now playing Next Japan Japanese company gives non-smoking employees six extra days holiday a year The new incentive was brought into play after an employee complained about the amount of time other staff members spent on their breaks 01/11/2017
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Now playing Next Japan Japanese company creates noise-canceling spoon to drown slurping sounds The spoon sends signals to an app that plays an artificial flushing noise to cover up slurping noodles 27/10/2017
Now playing Next Japan Sailors and their dogs rescued after five months drifting at sea Two Americans and their two dogs have been rescued from their sailing boat in the Pacific Ocean after drifting for five months. 27/10/2017