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LOTTERY

JAPAN
Aug 6, 2019
Losers from first round of Tokyo 2020 ticket lottery to get second chance
Those who were left empty-handed following the first-round lottery in June will get a second chance to apply for tickets beginning Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2018
U.S. Mega Millions lottery hits record $1.6 billion after no winning tickets were sold for Friday¡¯s draw
At least $1.6 billion, the largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, will be up for grabs during the next Mega Millions draw after no winning tickets were sold for Friday night¡¯s draw, the lottery said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2018
Lottery sales in Japan down for second straight year
Sales of Takarakuji lottery tickets issued by prefectural governments and ordinance-designated major cities totaled ?786.6 billion in fiscal 2017, down 6.9 percent from the year before.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2018
The stuff of dreams: U.S. Mega Millions lottery tops $500 million
The jackpot for Tuesday night¡¯s U.S. Mega Millions lottery has reached $522 million, the fifth-largest prize in the game¡¯s history, sparking a wave of social media daydreaming about what people do if they won.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2018
Lottery tickets in Japan will be sold online from October in bid to boost sales
Aiming to boost slumping sales, the internal affairs ministry said Friday that starting in October, people will be able to purchase tickets online for most public-run lotteries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 8, 2017
Â鶹´«Ã½ lottery rakes in declining revenues as younger generation gives jackpot chances a pass
Several weeks ago Mavis Wanczyk, a 53-year-old woman from Massachusetts, won $758 million in the Powerball lottery ¡ª the largest single winner jackpot in North American history. Wanczyk said at a news conference that she had already quit her job and plans to ¡°hide in bed.¡±
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2016
Mega Millions jackpot at $454 million ahead of Tuesday drawing
The jackpot for Tuesday night¡¯s Mega Millions lottery drawing has swollen to $454 million, making it one of the 10 largest prizes in U.S. lottery history, lottery officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 12, 2015
Powerball jackpot hits $500 million for Wednesday drawing
The multistate Powerball lottery jackpot reached the half-billion dollar mark after rolling over for nearly three months into Wednesday night¡¯s drawing, the Powerball website showed.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 16, 2013
Don¡¯t throw those boring New Years cards away!
Starting this year Japan Post is offering cash prizes for its New Years lottery.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 30, 2013
Lottery operators still looking for last year¡¯s winners
Seven 2012 grand prize Takarakuji winners still haven¡¯t picked up their money.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 5, 2012
You can¡¯t take it with you: Horse gambler¡¯s system stymied by tax law
Bad bet: Osaka man busted by tax authorities over gambling winnings.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 10, 2012
Place your bets: Local governments pray for a jackpot
A lottery win can be a jackpot for the local government where the tickets were sold.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 26, 2010
Lottery administrators get their comeuppance (so what?)
A government reform unit says money gathered from the lottery might be have been misused but should the Takurakuji itself take the blame?
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 2, 2008
Against high odds, masses chase luck
What would you do if you won ?400 million? Would you buy a convertible, a new house, start a business? All of the above?
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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