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JR Chuo Line Partially Suspended Due to Accident
JR Chuo Line service has been partially suspended due to an accident, according to East Japan Ra...
June 12, 2024
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Ceremony to Remember Victims of Sunken Turkish Naval Ship Held in Japan’s Kushimoto; Ship Sank in 1890 During Storm
WAKAYAMA ― A ceremony to remember the victims of a sunken Turkish naval ship was held in the Kash...
June 12, 2024
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Tokyo Univ. Hospital, National Medical Center Declined 16 Heart Donations Last Year; Staff, Bed Shortages Cited as Reasons
The University of Tokyo Hospital declined 15 heart donations from brain-dead donors, and the Nati...
June 11, 2024
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Japan’s Whaling Mothership Docks in Sendai After 1st Mission; Team Catches 15 Bryde’s Whales off Tohoku Region, Hokkaido
SENDAI — Japan’s newest whaling mothership, the first one to be built domestically in 73 years, a...
June 11, 2024
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Small Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing at High School in Hyogo Pref.; No One Injured
A small helicopter made an emergency landing on the grounds of a private high school in Aioi, Hyo...
June 11, 2024
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2 Brown Bears, Believed to be Parent, Cub, Spotted in Hokkaido; Schools Nearby Closed for Safety
Two brown bears, believed to be a parent and a cub, were spotted near Wakkanai Minami Elementary ...
June 11, 2024
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Semi-Private Space with Reclining Chair at Narita Airport Lets Passengers Take Quick Nap before Departure; Demonstration Test until June 28
A semi-private space has appeared at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture, enabling passengers to t...
June 11, 2024
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Overconcentration in Tokyo Unchanged over Decade: Govt
Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)—The Japanese government reported Monday that the sweeping trends of t...
June 11, 2024
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Survey Shows 50％ in Japan, 42％ in S. Korea Feel Positive About Relationship with Other Country; Poll Conducted on About 2,000 People
Fifty percent of respondents in Japan said they felt that the country had a good relationship wit...
June 11, 2024
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S. Korean Organ Donation Agency Working to Make Donors Heroes, Says Chief; Hopes for Japan’s Cooperation in Field
Samuel Lee, president of the Korea Organ Donation Agency (KODA), spoke about the system for trans...
June 11, 2024
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South Korea’s Support for Hospitals Increases Number of Brain-Dead Organ Donors; Japan Lacks Such Systems
SEOUL/TOKYO — Organ donations from brain-dead donors have increased in South Korea as a result of...
June 10, 2024
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16 Years Have Passed Since Akihabara Stabbings in Japan; Attacker’s Friend Hopes to Prevent Crimes Through Volunteer Work
A friend of the man responsible for killing or injuring 17 people in Akihabara in 2008 became a v...
June 10, 2024
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Akihabara Fatal Rampage Victims Remembered 16 Years On
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Victims of the 2008 fatal rampage in Tokyo’s busy Akihabara district were re...
June 10, 2024
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Japanese Entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa’s Ferrari Overturns in Race; Maezawa Taken to Sendai Hospital
SENDAI — Entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa was hospitalized in Sendai on Sunday afternoon after his car...
June 10, 2024
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Japan’s Revised Immigration Law Sparks Deportation Worries
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s revised immigration control and refugee recognition law, set to take f...
June 9, 2024
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