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Tokaido Shinkansen Partially Suspended Due to Typhoon
Service on the Tokaido Shinkansen line was partially suspended on Friday afternoon due to heavy rain...
June 2, 2023
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Shogi Star Sota Fujii Becomes Youngest Meijin Titleholder
TAKAYAMA, Nagano (Jiji Press) — Professional shogi star Sota Fujii on Thursday became the youngest p...
June 2, 2023
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Heavy Rain Batters Wide Areas of Japan
A typhoon and seasonal rain front brought heavy rain to prefectures along Japan’s Pacific coast on F...
June 2, 2023
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Wakayama Prefecture City Issues Evacuation Order As Rivers Exceed Flood Warning Levels
The government of Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, issued its highest Level 5 evacuation order at around...
June 2, 2023
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Harvest Season Arrives for Japanese Plums in Gunma
A worker picks Japanese plums from a tree in the Misato Plum Grove of Takasaki on Thursday at the st...
June 2, 2023
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NHK Chief Apologizes for Spending Plan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Nobuo Inaba, president of NHK, on Thursday apologized for an improper spending ...
June 2, 2023
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Heavy Rain Drenches Kochi Pref., Raising Risk of Landslides, Flooding
The Japan Meteorological Agency said Friday that a linear precipitation band occurred in Kochi Prefe...
June 2, 2023
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Tokyo’s New Subscription Service for Diapers Eases Burden on Parents and Nursery Schools
Tokyo’s Toshima Ward has introduced a subscription service for diapers at all of its municipal nurs...
June 2, 2023
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Sota Fujii, 20, Youngest Ever to Take Shogi Meijin Title
Twenty-year-old challenger Sota Fujii defeated shogi Meijin titleholder Akira Watanabe, 39, on Thurs...
June 1, 2023
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4.4-Magnitude Quake Hits Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.4 struck Kagoshima Prefecture at 11:28 a.m. Thursday,...
June 1, 2023
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Typhoon Heads toward Miyako Island, to Approach Main Island of Okinawa Tomorrow
A large typhoon was moving northward on Thursday on a path toward Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefectur...
June 1, 2023
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Tea Ceremony Master, Guest Share a ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ Experience
Sado, or the Japanese tea ceremony, is a cultural activity that involves preparing and presenting a ...
June 1, 2023
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Japan Prefecture Develops New Sake Rice Variety Suited to Cold Regions
FUKUSHIMA — A joint public-private sector undertaking in Fukushima Prefecture — known for its sake-b...
June 1, 2023
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Hokkaido Corn Meets Niigata Distillery for Domestic Whisky
A corn farm in Hokkaido and a distillery in Niigata Prefecture have partnered up with the goal of pr...
June 1, 2023
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NHK Executives’ Disregard for Rules Led to Violation of Streaming Regulations
NHK executives’ disdain for the rules during the tenure of then President Terunobu Maeda led the pub...
May 31, 2023
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