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Anti-Japanese Sentiment Suspected Motive in Shenzhen Stabbing; Attack Occurred on Anniversary of Manchurian Incident
BEIJING — A series of attacks on foreigners have been reported in China this year.
...September 20, 2024
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Anime Fans Moving to their ‘Holy Pilgrimage’ Destinations; Cities Find New Ways to Promote Growth
TAKAMATSU — It has become popular for anime fans to make “holy pilgrimages” to locations connecte...
September 20, 2024
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Japan Sees Record Number of Foreign Visitors in August; Hotel Companies Actively Opening New Properties
International visitors continued to flock to Japan in August, with an estimated 2.93 million peop...
September 20, 2024
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Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward to Issue Residence Certificates to Same-sex Couples Using Husband / Wife (Unregistered); Wording Same as Heterosexual Couples in Common-law Marriage
Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward will issue certificates of residence to same-sex couples using new wording ...
September 20, 2024
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NHK President Apologizes Again over Chinese Staffer’s Remarks Over Senkaku Islands, Saying NHK Was ‘Insensitive to the Kinds of Risk’
NHK President Nobuo Inaba apologized again on Wednesday over controversial comments made by an ou...
September 19, 2024
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Photo of Shibuya’s Iconic Dog Hachiko Giving Paw Found; Picture Is One of Four Discovered in the Past Year
A photo has been found of Hachiko, the famous Akita dog whose statue stands in front of Shibuya S...
September 19, 2024
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Typhoon Pulasan Passes Through Japan’s Okinawa Island; Expected to Reach Mainland China
Typhoon Pulasan, also known as Typhoon No. 14, has already passed Okinawa Island as of 9:50 a.m. ...
September 19, 2024
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Japan’s Tohoku Shinkansen Bullet Train Cars Decouple While Moving; Services between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori resume (Update 2)
A Tokyo-bound Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train was forced to make an emergency stop after the coupl...
September 19, 2024
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Japan Average Land Price Rises for 3rd Consecutive Year
Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press) — The average land price in Japan as of July 1 rose 1.4 pct from a y...
September 18, 2024
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Retrieval of Fuel Debris from Fukushima Reactor Suspended Again; TEPCO Unable to Predict When Work Might Resume
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. has once more suspended its trial retrieval of nuclea...
September 18, 2024
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Typhoon Pulasan May Reach Okinawa Island in Japan Wednesday Night
Typhoon Pulasan, also known as typhoon No. 14, was approaching Okinawa Island during the day on W...
September 18, 2024
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Moonlight in Autumn: Tokyoites Watch the Harvest Moon as Lunar Autumn Reaches Its Midpoint
People admire the harvest moon that lights up the night sky in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Tuesday, w...
September 18, 2024
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Smartphones Cited As Main Reason Behind Fewer People Reading Books in Japan; Schools Increasing Librarians to Encourage Reading
A recent survey by the Cultural Affairs Agency showed how people have shifted from reading books,...
September 18, 2024
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Japan Survey: More Than 60% Do Not Read Any Books In a Month; Almost 70% Read Fewer Books Than Before
More than 60% of people surveyed by the Cultural Affairs Agency said they do not read any books i...
September 17, 2024
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Monorail Car Painted in Same Colors as Original 1964 Model Begins Service in Tokyo; Train Operator Aims to Provide ‘Safer Transportation’
Tokyo Monorail Co. began service of a monorail car painted in cream, light blue and blue -- the s...
September 17, 2024
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