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JR conducts test-run on restored section of Tadami Line
FUKUSHIMA — A train ran along a restored section of the JR Tadami Line on Tuesday for the first time...
September 7, 2022
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Sakie Yokota expresses frustration over lack of progress on abduction issue
Sakie Yokota, the mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea when she was 13 years old...
September 7, 2022
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Work proceeds on building tunnel to discharge treated water at Fukushima N-plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. held a press viewing of the construction site of an unde...
September 7, 2022
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New-fad water sport in Japan gains in popularity, and accidents
As the popularity of the new water sport known as standup paddleboarding grows throughout the nation...
September 7, 2022
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Giant squid statue in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, generates economic effects of ¥600 million, 22 times of construction cost
A giant squid monument built in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, to promote the town’s core industry of s...
September 7, 2022
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Tokyo’s Shiba Park Oktoberfest held for first time in 3 years
People chat and drink on Saturday at the “Shiba Park Oktoberfest 2022 in front of Onarimon Station” ...
September 5, 2022
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Bone marrow registrations slow amid COVID
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Bone marrow donor registrations in Japan for use to treat blood cancer and leuk...
September 5, 2022
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Retired athletes catching Japanese firms’ eyes
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Companies in Japan, struggling to secure competent workers, are looking intens...
September 5, 2022
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Support eyed to prevent preschoolers from slipping through the net
The government has launched a fact-finding survey in a bid to boost support for children and parents...
September 5, 2022
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Memorial service held in quake-hit Hokkaido
ATSUMA, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — A memorial ceremony was held in Atsuma, Hokkaido, on Saturday for th...
September 5, 2022
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Redeveloping Shimokita but preserving its uniqueness
With many secondhand clothing shops and fringe theaters lined along narrow streets, the Shimokitazaw...
September 5, 2022
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Sumo video game supports ‘100-year lifespans’
SAITAMA — On the third Wednesday of every month, elderly people enjoy playing a competitive sumo-the...
September 4, 2022
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Plan mooted to submerge reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
The Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp. (NDF) is considering the feas...
September 3, 2022
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Japan mom, 86, wants to see daughter abducted by N. Korea ‘at least once’
Sept. 17 marks 20 years since the first Japan-North Korea summit meeting, during which Pyongyang adm...
September 3, 2022
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Hokkaido town’s ‘flying pumpkins’ ready for harvest
Dark-green pumpkins hang from a greenhouse lattice in the Hokkaido town of Naganuma, which boasts Ja...
September 3, 2022
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