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  • Crane Falls, Crashes into Condominium in Osaka; Female Resident Falls, Suffers Injuries

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    January 28, 2025

  • Pollen Dispersion in Tokyo Begins on Earliest Date on Record; Global Warming Seen As A Cause

    Despite still being the middle of winter, the dispersion of pollen has already begun.

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    January 28, 2025

  • Truck Falls into 10-Meter-Deep Sinkhole at Intersection in Saitama Pref.’s Yashio; Rescue Operations Underway

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    January 28, 2025

  • Survey: Dissatisfaction with Politics Higher Among Social Media Users; DPFP, Reiwa Shinsengumi Benefit from Short Videos

    The influence of social media on elections has been attracting attention. Former Hyogo Gov. Motoh...

    January 28, 2025

  • Freelance Announcer Hiroshi Ikushima Taking Indefinite Hiatus; Removed from TBS Position Due to Harassment Allegations (UPDATE1)

    TBS Radio, Inc. announced Monday that Hiroshi Ikushima has stepped down from his role as host of ...

    January 27, 2025

  • Fuji TV Chair, President Quit Over Masahiro Nakai Scandal; Express Regret For Not Sufficiently Helping Woman Involved

    The chairman and president of Fuji Television Network, Inc. (Fuji TV) both resigned Monday amid t...

    January 27, 2025

  • ‘Circulation’ Is Concept of Japan Pavilion at 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo; Meteorite From Mars to Be Displayed

    Circulation is the concept of the upcoming 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo’s Japan Pavilion, which was unv...

    January 27, 2025

  • Fuji TV Board Meeting to Be Held Over Scandal; To Discuss Employee’s Alleged Involvement, President Quitting

    Fuji Television Network, Inc. was to hold an emergency board meeting on Monday afternoon over all...

    January 27, 2025

  • Rare Footage of Ground Self-Defense Force After 1995 Hanshin Earthquake Shows Reality of Situation; Video Discovered in 2023 at SDF Hyogo Office

    KOBE – Rare video footage showing the Ground Self-Defense Force engaging in disaster relief opera...

    January 27, 2025

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  • Edo Sashimono, A Woodworking Art Using Precise Joinery Techniques

    Edo sashimono is a Japanese woodworking art in which precise joinery techniques are used to fit p...

    January 26, 2025

  • BOJ Decides to Raise Key Policy Rate to 0.5%

    The Bank of Japan decided Friday to raise its short-term policy rate target from the current leve...

    January 26, 2025

  • Japan May Sit Out Meeting On Treaty To Ban N-Weapons;Ishiba Contemplates Value Of U.S. Nuclear Umbrella

    Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun making arrangements to forgo participating as an observer...

    January 25, 2025

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    Yurikamome Line services in Tokyo were temporarily suspended along the line’s entire length due t...

    January 25, 2025

  • Mayor of Japan’s Hyogo Pref. Town Plans to Present Donald Trump with Solid Gold Playing Cards

    KOBE — The mayor of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, plans to gift U.S. President Donald Trump a deck of ...

    January 24, 2025

  • South Korea Returns Buddha Statue from Kannonji Temple to Japanese Delegation; Statue to Be Lent to South Korean Temple Until May

    DAEJEON, South Korea — A Buddha statue stolen in 2012 from Kannonji temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki ...

    January 24, 2025

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