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World's oldest identical twins are 107 years (and 300 days) oldGuinness World Records certified the title this month.
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Ancient bones reveal previously unknown Japanese ancestorsResearchers have revealed a previously unconfirmed third group of ancestors for modern-day Japanese populations, after analyzing ancient bones found in Japan.
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Scientists extract ancient DNA from 32,000-year-old bear skullThe DNA hints at when and how ice age brown bears once migrated to Japan's largest island.
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In rare wildlife encounter, whale watchers spot two white killer whales off JapanWhale watchers in Japan recently saw a pair of white orcas swimming side by side in a pod off the coast of Hokkaido.
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Oldest-known shark attack discovered in 3,000-year-old skeleton with 800 injuriesScientists reconstructed a 3,000-year-old shark attack from marks left behind in the victim's skeleton.
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Scientists just dug the deepest ocean hole in historyResearchers just sunk a drill 5 miles below the Pacific Ocean's surface to dig the deepest hole below the ocean in history.
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Newfound species of amphibious giant centipede named for woman cursed by the godsResearchers recently described a new species of amphibious giant centipede in an archipelago in Japan.
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Millions of tons of nuclear wastewater from Fukushima will be dumped into the seaThe Japanese government announced plans to dump more than 1 million tons of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, beginning in two years.
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Rare 9-armed octopus found off Japan coastHow did an octopus in Japan grow nine arms?
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