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US, Japan and South Korea agree to expand security ties at summit amid China, North Korea worries
President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed to expand security and economic ties at a historic summit at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David, cementing a new agreement …
Japan’s porn industry comes out of the shadows
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Long-standing mystery of modified human skulls in ancient Japan solved by new analysis
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Skull reshaping was practiced for centuries in ancient Japan by men and women
Modified skulls found in an ancient burial site in Japan were deliberately reshaped in both men and women as an expression of collective identity, a new study suggests.