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Looking for a new, unique travel destination in Japan? The Sado Mines in Niigata Prefecture are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Brazil's government formally apologized for the deportation and imprisonment Japanese and Japanese-Brazilians suffered during World War II.
Some citizens in Fukuoka are complaining that garbage collectors, who work at night in the city, are having the audacity to - gasp! - take breaks. It's part of a trend of customer complaints in Japan about "lazy workers" - and it's making it harder for the city to fill positions.
A groping incident on a Tokyo train involved an escape attempt, as a man scaled a two meter fence to evade authorities. Fortunately, police caught him a month later. Sadly, too many other molestation cases in Japan end in silence.
A restaurant in Tokyo's Shinjuku, near the heart of its Korea Town, proudly says it won't serve Korean or Chinese customers. Is that against Japanese law?
Japan is seeing a spike in people - even the young - dying alone in their homes. And authorities say they expect the problem to get worse.