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Mt. Fuji Climbers Up 30% From Last Year, Essentially Recovering to Pre-COVID Level
A total of 84,086 climbers trekked along Mt. Fuji’s three trails on the Shizuoka Prefecture side thi...
September 21, 2023
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Tokyo Game Show Opens with Record Exhibitors
CHIBA (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo Game Show 2023 kicked off on Thursday with a record number of exhibit...
September 21, 2023
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Iron Scraps Taken from near Fukushima N-plant
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Workers at a demolition site near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant took ...
September 20, 2023
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Visitors to Japan in August at 85% of Pre-COVID Level
Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)—The estimated number of visitors to Japan in August recovered to 85.6 p...
September 20, 2023
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Johnny & Associates Mulls Name Change at Board Meeting
Johnny & Associates Inc. held a board of directors meeting on Tuesday to discuss a possible name cha...
September 20, 2023
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Human Rights Concerns Prompt Many Firms to Pull Johnny’s Ads
Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)—Major Japanese companies, especially those operating globally, are movi...
September 20, 2023
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Czech Republic Applies for Building Permit for 2025 Expo Pavilion; First Permit Application By Overseas Participant
The Czech Republic, which plans to participate in the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, has submitted a buildi...
September 19, 2023
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Pro Wrestlers Brawl on Tokaido Shinkansen Bullet Train
A wrestling match was held Monday inside a train car on a Nozomi Shinkansen bullet train that was ru...
September 19, 2023
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‘Steel Dragon’ Coaster Passengers Stranded 100 Meters Above Ground at Nagashima Spa Land
TSU - A power outage on Monday caused a roller coaster at a theme park in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, to...
September 19, 2023
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2 Dead, 1 Unconscious after Steel Beam Falls at Construction Site Near Tokyo Station (Update 2)
Two workers involved in an accident died and another is unconscious and in critical condition after ...
September 19, 2023
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1st Survey Conducted on Sunken Wartime Japanese Aircraft Carrier
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — An international team has conducted the first-ever survey of the now-defun...
September 18, 2023
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Former Home of Late Eiichi Shibusawa Returns to Tokyo; Shibusawa Known as “Father of Japanese Capitalism”
A former domicile of pioneering industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931) — known as the “father of...
September 18, 2023
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100-Year-Old World’s Oldest Female Beauty Advisor Enjoys Working; Recognized By Guinness World Records
The Yomiuri ShimbunTomoko Horino in Fukushima City By Yumu Yamaguchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer ...
September 18, 2023
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Japan’s Largest Imoni Festival Held in Yamagata Amid 34.4 C Heat; Serves up 30,000 Dishes
YAMAGATA - A local fishery cooperative association in Yokohama, Aomori Prefecture, has decided to su...
September 18, 2023
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Sea Cucumber Fishing Suspended for Now in Aomori Due to China’s Blanket Import Ban on Japanese Seafood
AOMORI - A local fishery cooperative association in Yokohama, Aomori Prefecture, has decided to susp...
September 18, 2023
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