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Japan Association Preps to Boost Drone Use in Event of Disaster; System Eyed to Quickly Dispatch Drones to Disaster-Hit Areas
A general incorporated association promoting the wider use of drones said it plans to create a sy...
December 14, 2024
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Chrysanthemums Undergo Image Change as ‘Mum’; Color, Blooming Varieties Increase Appeal
The chrysanthemums is undergoing an image change under the nickname of “mum” and have become popu...
December 14, 2024
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Child of A-Bomb Survivor Determined to Pass on Hibakusha Activities; Honma is 1st Second-Generation Nihon Hidankyo Exec Board Member
OSLO — A child of a hibakusha is more determined than ever to carry on the activities of atomic b...
December 14, 2024
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Shogi Star Sota Fujii Wins Ryuo Title for 4th Consecutive Time, Says Relaxing in Hot Springs Helped Him Play Well
Sota Fujii defeated eighth-dan Yuuki Sasaki 4-2 in the best-of-seven Ryuo shogi championship seri...
December 13, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo Delegation Returns to Japan Following Award Ceremony; 30 Members Greeted at Haneda after Peace Prize Win
The delegation from Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations)...
December 13, 2024
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Forest-Inspired Staff Uniforms for 2025 Kansai-Osaka Expo Pavilion Unveiled in Tokyo
Forest-inspired uniforms for attendant staff of one of the signature pavilions at the 2025 Osaka-...
December 13, 2024
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Osaka Expo Participant Countries Actively Promoting Their Pavilions
OSAKA — With about four months left until the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, “Type A” participating coun...
December 13, 2024
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Toilet Troubles Force JAL, ANA Planes Back to Starting Points; Both Boeing 787-9 Models But Experienced No Common Glitches
A Japan Airlines plane and an All Nippon Airways plane both had toilet-drainage problems that cau...
December 12, 2024
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Japan’s Hibakusha Speak Of Physical, Emotional Pain Caused by A-Bomb; One Helps With Medical Skill, One With English Skill
OSLO — Two hibakusha atomic bomb survivors on Wednesday called on members of younger generations ...
December 12, 2024
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Bidding for Fin Whale Meat Reaches ¥100,000 per Kilo at Sapporo Market
Bidding for raw meat from fin whales caught off the coast of Nemuro, Hokkaido, was held at the Sa...
December 12, 2024
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Production of Kadomatsu Bamboo Decorations for New Year Reaches Peak in Japan’s Chiba Pref.
CHIBA — Workers at Soshi, a gardening company in Tonosho, Chiba Prefecture, are busy preparing ka...
December 12, 2024
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Japan Nobel Peace Prize Winner Delegation Meets Norwegian Prime Minister; Nihon Hidankyo Cochair Expresses Hope for Ban on Use of Nuclear Weapons
OSLO — Terumi Tanaka, 92, a cochair of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Suffe...
December 12, 2024
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Freight Train Derails at Sendai Station in Kagoshima Pref.; Operation at Sendai-Kumanojo Stations to Be Suspended All Day
A 12-car freight train derailed at Sendai Station on the JR Kagoshima Line in Satsumasendai, Kago...
December 12, 2024
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Risk of Nuclear Weapons Being Used Greater Than Ever; Support Growing in Russia As Ukraine War Continues
ZURICH/OSLO — Next year will mark 80 years since atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagas...
December 12, 2024
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Accepting Nobel Peace Prize, Hidankyo Cochair Tanaka Urges Unity to Head Off Nuclear Apocalypse
OSLO — Terumi Tanaka, cochair for Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers ...
December 11, 2024
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