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Soga laments separation from her mother
Hitomi Soga, 63, abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s, on Monday expressed her current state of...
October 18, 2022
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Experts propose steps against ‘spiritual sales’ donation tactics in report targeting Unification Church
An expert panel of the Consumer Affairs Agency on Monday released a report proposing measures agains...
October 18, 2022
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Japan prime minister orders investigation of Unification Church
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday instructed Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology...
October 17, 2022
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Hokkaido police: Two feared buried alive during dam construction work in Yubari
Two men were feared to be buried alive during dam construction work taking place in Yubari, Hokkaido...
October 17, 2022
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Japan to launch investigation into Unification Church
The government is planning to investigate the Unification Church based on the Religious Corporations...
October 16, 2022
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20 years on, ex-abductees call for rescue of other victims from N. Korea
Yasushi Chimura and Hitomi Soga, who were kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s, called for the...
October 16, 2022
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Japan weighs post office issuance of Individual Number Cards
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry and Japan Post Group are considering allowing post ...
October 16, 2022
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Prefectural funeral for ex-PM Abe held in Yamaguchi
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Pref., Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)—A Yamaguchi prefectural funeral for former Prime ...
October 16, 2022
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Astronaut Wakata enjoys life in zero gravity on ISS
Astronaut Koichi Wakata, 59, said that he is “adjusting naturally” to the zero gravity environment a...
October 15, 2022
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Repairs of digital learning devices impose heavy burden on local governments
Broken digital learning devices are piling up at schools more than a year after all elementary and j...
October 15, 2022
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Tokyo Tech, TMDU to merge in FY24
The Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University announced plans to merge b...
October 15, 2022
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Nakamura becomes youngest female third dan Go player
Teenage professional Go player Sumire Nakamura was promoted to third dan at the age of 13 years and ...
October 14, 2022
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Ex-baseball star Ramirez gets Foreign Minister’s award for contributions to Japan-Venezuela relations
Former Japan pro baseball star and manager Alex Ramirez was presented with the Foreign Minister’s Co...
October 14, 2022
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Japan’s JR East commemorates 150th anniversary of train services in style
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) marked 150 years of railway operations in Japan on Friday by runnin...
October 14, 2022
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Woman missing after 2011 Japan tsunami inspires 600 dives, piano composition
A man whose wife became missing following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami has made about...
October 14, 2022
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