Emperor, empress make 1st visit to disaster-hit area

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TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Thursday visited Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, in their first trip to an area badly hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to console

Foreign visitors to Japan plunge 50% in March: gov't

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TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - The number of foreign travelers visiting Japan in March is estimated to have halved from a year earlier in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent

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