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Kyoto Residence Of First Japanese Nobelist Renovated; Home Of Hideki Yukawa Will Be Public Multi-Purpose Facility
KYOTO— Renovations have now been completed on the residence in which Dr. Hideki Yukawa (1907-81) ...
May 26, 2024
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Guns May Be Allowed Against Bears In Residential Areas; Environment Ministry Panel Urges Exception To Current Ban
A law on hunting should be revised to allow the use of guns against bears that enter residential ...
May 25, 2024
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AI Cannot Be ‘Inventor’ of Creative Works, Says Govt’s Draft IP Plan; Approach to AI Use of Actors’ Voices to Be Reviewed
Even if AI is used in a creative work, a human being must be the “inventor” of the work, accordin...
May 25, 2024
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Foreign Tourists to Kyoto Confused by Mistranslations, Inappropriate Expressions in Signs; Tourism Association Calls for Improvements
KYOTO — About 500 locations, including hotels and restaurants, in Kyoto had foreign-language info...
May 24, 2024
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30 Deaths Officially Recognized as Noto Quake-Related
KANAZAWA (Jiji Press) — The Ishikawa prefectural government said Thursday that 30 applications fo...
May 24, 2024
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98.1 ％ of New College Graduates in Japan Employed in April
Tokyo, May 24 (Jiji Press) — A record 98.1 pct of people in Japan who graduated from university i...
May 24, 2024
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Bodies of Woman and 3 Children Found After House Fire in Tokyo; 1 Man Found Alive, Taken To Hospital For Smoke Inhalation
A fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in a two-story house in the Togoshi area of Shinagawa ...
May 23, 2024
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Wings of 2 JAL Planes Collide at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport; No Injuries Reported But Flight from Haneda to New Chitose Cancelled
The left wingtip of JAL Flight 503, with 328 passengers and crew on board, collided with the righ...
May 23, 2024
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Fukuoka Air Traffic Controller Fails to Ask JAL Pilots to Repeat Instructions; Miscommunication Leads to Dangerous Situation at Airport
An air traffic controller failed to ask Japan Airlines pilots to repeat the instructions when the...
May 22, 2024
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Colorful Yukata Fabrics Flutter in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward
Fabric for yukata summer kimono dries under the sun at a dyeing company in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. <...
May 22, 2024
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Shiba Inu in Western Japan Helps Save Man from Gutter; Hyogo Pref. Presents Dog, Owner, with Award
KOBE — A Shiba Inu dog has helped save a man in his 70s stuck in a gutter in Takarazuka, Hyogo Pr...
May 22, 2024
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Yamanashi Pref. Starts Online Reservations to Climb Mt. Fuji; 6,849 People Made 1,997 Reservations as of 4 p.m. Monday
KOFU — The Yamanashi prefectural government at 10 a.m. on Monday started accepting online reserva...
May 22, 2024
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New Whaling Mother ship Sets Out On First Expedition; Kangei Maru to Catch Whales Off Tohoku, Hokkaido
SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi — A new whaling mother ship owned by a Tokyo-based company departed for it...
May 21, 2024
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Curtain Closes on Viral Mt. Fuji View; Displeased Locals, Safety Concerns Cited as Reasons to Take Action
FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi ― A view of Mt. Fuji from outside a convenience store was blocked on ...
May 21, 2024
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Univ. of Tokyo Displays Posters to Address Discrimination Faced by Women at the University; Women Only Make Up Less Than 25% of Student Body
The University of Tokyo, which still has a low percentage of female students and faculty, put up ...
May 21, 2024
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