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Japan Ski Resorts Set Sights on Foreign Tourists
With the number of skiers and snowboarders in Japan going downhill, ski resort operators have set th...
February 28, 2023
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Japan to Decide on 1st Abortion Pills in March at Earliest
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Health ministry is expected to decide whether to approve the country’s first ab...
February 28, 2023
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17-Year-Old Ukrainian Evacuee Thriving in Japan
The Yomiuri Shimbun Zlata Ivaschikova is seen in Yokohama on Jan. 31. By Fumito Nagase / Yomiuri Shi...
February 27, 2023
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Japan Abductee Families Decide to Tolerate Aid to N. Korea
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A group of families of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korea decades ago ...
February 27, 2023
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Japan Lawyers to Report on Religion-Based Refusal of Blood Transfusions for Kids
The Jehovah’s Witnesses religious group is continuing to instruct its followers to forbid blood tran...
February 27, 2023
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Snowplow Railcar Fascinates Train Fans in Hokkaido
A snowplow clears snow from the rails on the JR Soya Line in Hokkaido on Monday. The snowplow train ...
February 27, 2023
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Hotel In Hot Water For Only Changing Onsen Bath Water Twice A Year
An about 160-year-old hotel in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, has changed the hot spring water in i...
February 27, 2023
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Police Box Tabby Cat Watches Over Japan Community
SAITAMA — A stray tabby that befriended a police officer is now the much-loved “resident cat” at a ...
February 27, 2023
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Film Depicts Torment of Families who Sued over Schoolchildren Deaths in 2011 Tsunami
For nearly six years, the bereaved families of a number of the 74 elementary school children killed ...
February 27, 2023
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Japan Plans New Heatstroke Alert Amid Climbing Temperatures
To tackle the growing risk of heatstroke amid increasingly severe summer temperatures, the governmen...
February 26, 2023
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Boat Service Resumes Between Tsushima and Busan, South Korea
The international sailing route connecting Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, and Busan, South Korea, re...
February 26, 2023
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Toyama-Taipei Charter Flights to Resume in April
Preparations are steadily underway at Toyama Airport for the resumption of charter flights to and fr...
February 26, 2023
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Dogs burst into action in Hokkaido sledding race competition held for 1st time in 4 years
At the Japan Cup 2023 Wakkanai Dogsled Race in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, mushers and their dogs became as ...
February 26, 2023
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House-Bound ‘Pilots’ Operate Avatar Robots in Hokkaido Cafe
SAPPORO — Avatar robots remotely controlled by house-bound individuals with serious disabilities or ...
February 26, 2023
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Japan Soba Noodles Restaurant Owner Goes Against Grain on Optimal Season
For many soba noodle lovers, there are none like those made from freshly harvested buckwheat in autu...
February 26, 2023
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