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¥40 million including penalty paid over cash gifts to members of Japanese entertainment agency
Leading entertainment agency Johnny & Associates, Inc. and its two group companies have been ordered...
December 28, 2022
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Inexperienced pilots behind majority of ultralight crashes in Japan
A series of accidents involving ultralight aircraft has led some experts to call for stronger govern...
December 28, 2022
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JMA forecasts bright start to New Year for some areas
The Japan Meteorological Agency has forecast clear skies along the nation’s Pacific coast during the...
December 28, 2022
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Hokkaido town taps ticks for tax system’s return gifts
SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — Goods featuring real ticks are drawing attention as return gifts as the town ...
December 28, 2022
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Latest craze for sweet, hot yaki-imo refuses to cool
Yaki-imo baked sweet potatoes are enjoying a fourth wave of popularity thanks to stores offering a w...
December 28, 2022
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Theft at unmanned shops on rise alongside surge in cost-of-living
CHIBA — There has been a spate of people taking items without paying at unmanned shops, which have b...
December 28, 2022
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Marius Yo, of Japanese boy band Sexy Zone, to retire at end of year
Sexy Zone member Marius Yo is leaving the boy band and retiring from show business, his agency Johnn...
December 27, 2022
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Shops roll out fukubukuro ‘lucky bags’ ahead of New Year holiday
Supermarkets and department stores have started stacking shelves with fukubukuro “lucky bags” ahead ...
December 27, 2022
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Monkeys huddle to form the kanji character ‘rabbit’
SUMOTO, Hyogo — Wild monkeys at the Awaji Island Monkey Center gathered together to form the kanji c...
December 27, 2022
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Mother creates bilingual picture book in memory of late son
A Japanese mother living in the United Kingdom created a Japanese-English bilingual picture book to ...
December 27, 2022
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Firefighters battle Tokyo factory blaze all day long
A fire broke out in a two-story factory of Daiichi Kagaku Kogyosho, a liquid soap manufacturing comp...
December 27, 2022
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Children in religious families forced to partake in religious events
More than 80% of children in religious families said they were forced to participate in religious ev...
December 26, 2022
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Japan’s temples, shrines increasingly eyed as evacuation shelters
Temples, shrines and other religious facilities across the nation are increasingly being eyed as pos...
December 26, 2022
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Mother of woman who committed suicide implores workers to speak out
The mother of a woman who committed suicide due to overwork in 2015 implored workers not to hold bac...
December 26, 2022
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Chinese buying up cold medicine overseas
TOKYO/GUANGZHOU — Chinese people are buying huge quantities of cold medicine in countries like Japan...
December 26, 2022
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