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Saturday, May 25, 2019

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NO IFS OR BUTS Fans beware: Posting Olympic videos to SNS will be bannedMay 25, 2019 Fans lucky enough to win a lottery for tickets to next year's Tokyo Olympics should be aware of the fine print that bans the posting of videos and audio taken with smartphones and other devices to social networking services.
POWER PLAY Not a single watt of electricity, but still 1 trillion yen in basic revenueMay 25, 2019 Even though it hasn't generated any electricity at its two nuclear power plants since May 2011, Japan Atomic Power Co. chalked up close to 1 trillion yen ($9.1 billion) in basic revenues in that time.

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- 360-DEGREE LIVES: Cuban rock iguanas look scary, but they're super friendly Editor's note: This is part of a series of videos offering an up-close

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: BASEBALL/ Japan’s Hawks confirm ground-breaking Stewart signing
: SUMO/ Lowly wrestler takes sumo championship on 14th day
: Trump arrives in Tokyo for state visit, golf and sumo

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