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744 Japanese Letters on U.S. Aid After 1923 Quake Found;President Calvin Coolidge Quickly Organized Relief
Over 700 letters from Japanese students expressing appreciation for U.S. assistance for the 1923 ...
March 8, 2025
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JR East Official Issues Apology over Tohoku Shinkansen Decoupling; Cause Likely Different to September Accident
A senior official of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) issued an apology regarding an incident inv...
March 7, 2025
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Nagoya High Court Rules Provisions Not Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional; Compensation Appeal Rejected
NAGOYA — The Nagoya High Court ruled Friday that provisions of the Civil Code that do not allow s...
March 7, 2025
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Akita, Yamagata Shinkansen Trains Suspend Direct Service from Tokyo; Move Comes After Train Cars Decouple
Direct service is suspended from Tokyo Station for Akita and Yamagata Shinkansen trains on Friday...
March 7, 2025
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3 Sewer Construction Workers Die After Being Found Unconscious in Manhole (Update 1)
Three male construction workers were found unconscious inside a manhole at a sewer construction s...
March 7, 2025
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Hyogo Prefectural Assembly Panel Confirms ‘Certain Facts’ in Investigation of Harassment Accusations Against Gov. Saito
The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly approved by majority vote the investigation report by its Article ...
March 7, 2025
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Supreme Court Acquits 2 TEPCO Execs of Negligence; Unforeseeability of Huge Tsunami in Fukushima Cited
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that acquitted two former executives of Tokyo E...
March 6, 2025
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Tohoku Shinkansen Bullet Train Cars Decouple, Halting Services on 3 Lines; Similar Incident Occurred in September Last Year
Some bullet train services were temporally suspended Thursday after cars on a Tohoku Shinkansen t...
March 6, 2025
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Actress Norika Fujiwara Made Honorary Director of Expo’s Japan Pavilion
Actress Norika Fujiwara has been appointed honorary director of the Japan Pavilion at the 2025 Os...
March 6, 2025
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Regional Express Train Strikes Maintenance Car in Hokkaido; No Injuries Reported
A regional express train in Hokkaido struck a maintenance vehicle that had been left next to the ...
March 6, 2025
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Frustration that Sarin Attack Couldn’t Be Stopped Still Stings Local Activist Who Strove to Expose Aum Cult
Seiichi Takeuchi had been outspoken in warning about the danger posed by the Aum Supreme Truth cu...
March 6, 2025
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Helicopter Firefighting Resumes in Ofunato
Firefighting operations using helicopters resumed on Thursday morning for the first time in two d...
March 6, 2025
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Tohoku, Joetsu, Hokuriku Shinkansen Lines Suspended After Shinkansen Train Cars Decouple Between Ueno, Omiya Stations
The Tohoku Shinkansen line stopped to conduct a train inspection between Ueno and Omiya Stations ...
March 6, 2025
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Yomiuri Shimbun’s Kurashige Wins Vaughn-Uyeda Prize for Ukraine Coverage
Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yumiko Kurashige, 42, in Rome has been named one of two winners of ...
March 6, 2025
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Wildfire Burns for Eighth Day in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture; Dry Weather Advisory Lifted for First Time in Over Two Weeks
The wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, continued burning for an eighth day on Wednesday with ...
March 5, 2025
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