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JICA Employee Suspected of Leaking Info on ODA Project in Manila; Bidding for Railway Renovation May Have Been Impacted
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe Metro Rail Transit Line 3, whose rehabilitation project is supported t...
October 16, 2024
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Aichi Expo Mascots Pass Baton to 2025 Successor Myaku-myaku; Judo Gold Medalist Hifumi Abe Offers Boost
With six months to go until the Osaka-Kansai Expo, commemorative events were held in Tokyo and Os...
October 15, 2024
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Sento Eye Foreign Tourists, Teaching Bathing Rules
“Don’t use your smartphone.” Kenshi Naito, an employee of Daikokuyu, a sento public bathhouse in ...
October 15, 2024
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Japan’s Hakamata Makes 1st Public Appearance Since Acquittal
SHIZUOKA (Jiji Press) — Former Japanese death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata, acquitted in a retrial 58...
October 14, 2024
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TEPCO Ends 5th Round of Treated Water Discharge for FY 2024
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday that it has completed t...
October 14, 2024
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Biden Congratulates Nihon Hidankyo on Nobel Peace Prize
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday congratulated the Japan Confederatio...
October 14, 2024
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Israel Ambassador Criticizes Hidankyo Cochair Remarks Comparing Gaza with Post-war Japan; ‘Outrageous and Baseless’
JERUSALEM — The Israeli ambassador to Japan criticized remarks comparing the Palestinian territor...
October 14, 2024
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Japanese Singer Masaharu Fukuyama Delights Hometown of Nagasaki with Free Concert
Singer Masaharu Fukuyama, a Nagasaki native, performed at a free concert at a newly opened facili...
October 14, 2024
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Fireworks Illuminate Night Sky in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Pref.; Organizers Aim to Revitalize City Hit by Earthquake
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate — Viewers were treated to a display of about 15,000 fireworks during the San...
October 14, 2024
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Yomiuri Survey: 90％ in Japan Support Introduction of Originator Profile; 61％ Expect New Tech Will Curb Spread of Disinformation
Ninety percent of respondents said they think the introduction of Originator Profile (OP), a tech...
October 14, 2024
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Countdown to 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo; New Paper Ticket Go on Sale, Reservation System Gets Expanded
Paper tickets for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo went on sale at convenience stores and travel agenci...
October 13, 2024
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Victims Mourned 5 Years after Flooding in Nagano
NAGANO (Jiji Press) — Local residents gathered Sunday to mourn victims of flooding that struck Na...
October 13, 2024
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Hidankyo Leaders Hope Nobel Will Lead to End of Nukes; Cochair Aims to Sway Prime Minister
Executive members of Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organi...
October 13, 2024
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84％ of University Students Reconsidering Studying Abroad Due to Weak Yen; 5,700 High School, University Students Across Japan Respond in Survey
A survey of university students found that more than 80% of respondents believed the depreciation...
October 13, 2024
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Japan’s Expressways Congested on Middle Day of 3-day Weekend
Expressways are congested with travelers on Sunday, the middle day of a three-day weekend that ru...
October 13, 2024
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