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Body Thought to Be Truck Driver Recovered from Sewer Pipe Near Saitama Pref. Sinkhole; Efforts Underway to Identify Body (Update 1)
SAITAMA — A body believed to be the driver of a truck that fell into a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitam...
May 2, 2025
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Hopes Rise for Hokkaido N-reactor Restart after Clearing Major Safety Hurdle; Power Company Still Needs Approval from Residents
Almost 12 years after applying for a safety screening, the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Pow...
May 1, 2025
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Environment Minister Meets Minamata Patients Groups on 69th Anniversary of 1st Official Recognition of Sufferer
MINAMATA, Kumamoto — As Thursday marked the 69th year since the first official recognition of Min...
May 1, 2025
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U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Measure Urging Japanese Nationals Abducted by North Korea to Be Returned
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan resolution was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesd...
May 1, 2025
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Crews Enter Saitama Pref. Sewer Pipe for First Time since Jan. Sinkhole Accident
Police and firefighters wearing oxygen tanks on Thursday entered the sewer pipe where a truck dri...
May 1, 2025
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2025 Expo Osaka: Expo Utilizes Latest Technologies to Keep Venue Clean; Autonomous Trash Can Robots Tidy Up Site
OSAKA — A system utilizing a smartphone app to identify trash and dirty areas to swiftly clean th...
May 1, 2025
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Tokaido Shinkansen Service Resumed after Power Outage Caused by Snake (UPDATE 1)
The Tokaido Shinkansen service was resumed at around 7 p.m. after it was briefly suspended betwee...
April 30, 2025
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2025 Expo Osaka: Self-Driving Buses Halted after Minor Collision with Wall in Parking Area; No Injuries Reported
All five self-driving shuttle buses at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo have been suspended in the wake...
April 30, 2025
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Japan Prime Minister Meets with Japanese Descendants in Philippines; Tells Group of Govt Intention to Support Citizenship Requests
MANILA — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday met with three Japanese descendants who were le...
April 30, 2025
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Families of Japanese Abducted by North Korea Fly to U.S. to Seek Cooperation; Group Set to Meet U.S. Govt Officials
Family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and lawmakers from a cross-party par...
April 30, 2025
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Paper Textbooks’ Importance Touted by Educational Organizations; Education Ministry Announces Comments on Interim Report
Many education-related organizations have stressed the importance of paper textbooks and called f...
April 29, 2025
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Cell Phone Fire Forces Emergency Landing at Haneda Airport; No Injuries Reported Hawaiian Airlines Flight
A Hawaiian Airlines flight declared an emergency at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, shortly before its sched...
April 29, 2025
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Shinkansen Bullet Train Services between Shin-Osaka, Hakata, Resume (Update 1)
Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train services between Shin-Osaka and Hakata stations have been resumed a...
April 28, 2025
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Japan’s Oldest Woman Dies at 115 on Saturday; Okagi Hayashi of Toki, Gifu Pref. Was Born in 1909
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on Monday the death of 115-year-old Okagi Hay...
April 28, 2025
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Health Ministry to Start Testing AI in Safety Checks on Meat; Hoping to Ease Safety Inspection Workload
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to start research this fiscal year on artificial int...
April 28, 2025
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