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Researchers: 40% of Domestic Work Tasks Could Be Automated within 10 Years
People could be spending 40% less time on housework and family-care tasks within the next decade tha...
April 9, 2023
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Human Reportedly Floating Near Where GSDF Chopper Disappeared
MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa (Jiji Press) — Local firefighting authorities received a report from the Self-De...
April 9, 2023
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GSDF Copter Communicated with Airport Control Tower Immediately Before Disappearing
A missing Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter with 10 people aboard communicated with a control tow...
April 9, 2023
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Helicopter Accident in Nansei Island Chain Rattles Govt, SDF Officials
Amid efforts to drastically boost defense capabilities in the Nansei island chain, the disappearance...
April 9, 2023
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Conveyor-Belt Hama-Sushi Restaurant Served Foods with Expired Use-By Date
Major conveyor-belt sushi chain Hama-Sushi Co. on Friday announced that its Koriyama Tsutsumi branch...
April 8, 2023
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Double-flowered Cherry Blossoms Reach Peak in Central Tokyo Park
Visitors admire cherry blossoms and take photographs at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Shinjuku W...
April 8, 2023
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Colorful Carp Streamers Fly at Foot of Tokyo Tower
Colorful carp streamers, many decorated with a child-friendly theme, fly at the foot of Tokyo Tower ...
April 8, 2023
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Removal of Dead Whale ‘Yodo-Chan’ Cost Osaka City over ¥80 million
The cost of removing a whale that died after straying into the Yodo River estuary via Osaka Bay in J...
April 8, 2023
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Search Continues for Missing GSDF Helicopter, Crew
An uninflated life raft found in waters off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture had been on the Grou...
April 7, 2023
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Payments at 2025 Osaka Expo to Be Limited to Cashless
Osaka (Jiji Press)—The 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka will accept only cas...
April 7, 2023
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1-Year-Old Japanese Girl Heads to U.S. for Heart Transplant
A 1-year-old girl from Tokyo left for the United States with her parents on March.30 to undergo a he...
April 7, 2023
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Police Want GaaSyy’s Social Media Accounts Frozen While Seeking Arrest
Disgraced former House of Councillors member Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy and ...
April 6, 2023
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Wild Opium Poppies on Awaji Island Concern Narcotics Authorities
SUMOTO, Hyogo — The number of wild opium poppies found on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, last year ...
April 6, 2023
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U.N. Panel Raps N. Korea’s Human Rights Abuses
PARIS (Jiji Press) — The U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution strongly condemni...
April 6, 2023
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Damage Inside Nuclear Reactor Feared Greater than Assumed
Damage to the interior of a support structure at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant may extend ...
April 5, 2023
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