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Training Underway for Two Newly Selected JAXA Astronaut Candidates
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency opened to the press the basic training of two astronaut candi...
February 2, 2024
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ANA Passenger Plane Clips Another ANA Plane at Osaka International Airport; No Injuries Reported
OSAKA — An All Nippon Airways plane clipped another ANA plane at Osaka International (Itami) Airport...
February 1, 2024
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Services Resumed on Tobu Tojo Line after Collision; No Injuries Reported as Train Collides With Truck (Update 1)
SAITAMA — Services were resumed on the Tobu Tojo Line on Thursday evening after a train collided wit...
February 1, 2024
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Fire at Aichi Prefecture Thermal Power Station Traced to Fuel Storage Facility
NAGOYA — The fire that broke out at a thermal power plant in Aichi Prefecture where an explosion occ...
February 1, 2024
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Tokyo Sees More People Move in than Out in 2023; Population Shrinks in Osaka, Nagoya Areas
The number of people moving into Tokyo in 2023 topped those moving out by 68,285, according to an In...
February 1, 2024
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Entrance Examinations Begin at 218 Private Junior High Schools in Tokyo and Kanagawa Pref.
Entrance examinations for private junior high schools began on Thursday in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefec...
February 1, 2024
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Ukraine Woman Plans to Send Manga to Children in Homeland, Seeks to Raise Money Through Crowdfunding Campaign
HIKONE, Shiga — A 33-year-old Ukrainian woman living in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, has started a crow...
February 1, 2024
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Dolls of Ohtani, Other Sports Stars on Display at Tokyo Doll Store in Annual Showcase
Hina dolls of sports stars like baseball icon Shohei Ohtani and javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi are...
January 31, 2024
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Memorial Held in Tokyo for Soka Gakkai Leader Daisaku Ikeda
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A memorial gathering has been held at a Tokyo hotel for Daisaku Ikeda, honorary...
January 31, 2024
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Explosion Occurs at Taketoyo Thermal Power Plant in Aichi Prefecture; Residents Report Seeing “Black Smoke” Rising (UPDATE 1)
An explosion occurred at JERA Co.’s Taketoyo Thermal Power Station in Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture, sh...
January 31, 2024
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IAEA On-Site Review Confirms Safety of Fukushima Treated Water
Berlin (Jiji Press)—The International Atomic Energy Agency released a report Tuesday saying that its...
January 31, 2024
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Hepburn-Style Romaji Likely to Become Standardized
Romaji — the method used to write Japanese in the Latin alphabet — has multiple variations, resultin...
January 31, 2024
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Man Who Claimed to Be Bombing Suspect Satoshi Kirishima Lived in Plain Sight for decades
A now deceased man who claimed to be Satoshi Kirishima, a suspect in a string of bombings perpetrate...
January 30, 2024
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AI Models Trained to Give Information for Criminal Purposes; Concerns Grow over Potential for Cyberattacks
Multiple generative artificial intelligence models that can provide answers without restriction on h...
January 30, 2024
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3 Men Rescued near Capsized Boat in Lake Biwa in Shiga Pref.; Found in State of Cardiopulmonary Arrest
OTSU — Police and firefighters rescued three men near a capsized boat in Lake Biwa in Nagahama, Shig...
January 30, 2024
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