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More Children in Japan Catching Colds After COVID Downgrade
Colds among children have skyrocketed after COVID-19 was downgraded to Category V under the Infectio...
June 15, 2023
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2025 Osaka Expo Organizer Sets Admission Ticket Prices at ¥7,500
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — The organizer of the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka decided at a me...
June 14, 2023
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2 GSDF Members Killed After Cadet Allegedly Opens Fire on Personnel in Japan
A member of the Self-Dense Forces fired at his colleagues on Wednesday at a Self-Defense Forces faci...
June 14, 2023
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Ama Diver Numbers in Free Fall over Poor Fishing, Social Factors
The number of ama, female divers who skin dive for abalone and turban shells, has dropped by half in...
June 14, 2023
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Govt: High Value-Added Tourism Key
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Tuesday reported that spending by tourists in the country has...
June 14, 2023
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Security Cameras to Be Mandated for Shinkansen
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The transport ministry plans to require the installation of security cameras in...
June 14, 2023
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Shipments of Watermelons Peak in Tottori Pref. Town
Examiners check watermelons on conveyer-belts at a fruit sorting facility of Japan Agricultural Coop...
June 13, 2023
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Panel to Examine Corporate Culture behind Talent Agency Johnny & Associates
A third-party special panel of experts investigating the sexual abuse allegations against Johnny Kit...
June 13, 2023
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ChatGPT Operator CEO Tells Japan Students AI Will Evolve Further
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT operator OpenAI, told Japanese students on Monday that...
June 13, 2023
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Wild Boar Injures 5 People in Nagasaki Pref. City
OMURA, Nagasaki — Five people, including a man in his 30s, were attacked Sunday by a wild boar in a...
June 12, 2023
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Tohoku ‘Revitalization Tours’ See Numbers Rebound
“Revitalization tourism,” in which people visit ruins left by the Great East Japan Earthquake and re...
June 12, 2023
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Trains Suspended by Sunday’s Quake in Hokkaido
An earthquake hit Chitose and other areas in Hokkaido at around 6:55 p.m. Sunday, registering an int...
June 12, 2023
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Russian Businesswoman Supports Ukrainian Who Fled to Japan
NIIGATA — A Russian businesswoman living in Japan has become a guarantor for a Ukrainian national wh...
June 12, 2023
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San Francisco Museum Adds Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule to Collection
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has added to its collection part of a once-futuristic buildin...
June 11, 2023
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Japan Govt Seeks Fishers’ Understanding over N-Plant Water Release
MITO (Jiji Press) — Industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura met with local fisheries industry represen...
June 11, 2023
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