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More subway stations designated as evacuation facilities, but none in Tokyo
There is a growing movement in Japan to designate underground train stations as evacuation faciliti...
April 25, 2022
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Paper cranes, fortunes in capsule toys provide jobs for handicapped
NARITA, Chiba — Capsule toy machines that dispense paper cranes along with fortune-telling slips in ...
April 25, 2022
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10 confirmed dead after rescue operation for sightseeing boat
Passengers on the sightseeing boat that went missing off Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido on Saturday...
April 24, 2022
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Missing Shiretoko boat was journeying on popular World Heritage course
The area off Shiretoko Peninsula where a sightseeing boat went missing is part of a natural World H...
April 24, 2022
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Tourist says wind was strong in Shiretoko Peninsula on day of sightseeing boat accident
A tourist visiting the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido on Saturday, when a sightseeing boat went mis...
April 24, 2022
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3 more people found from missing tour boat
The Japan Coast Guard said Sunday that three more people had been found after a tour boat with 26 pe...
April 24, 2022
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4 found unconscious after sightseeing boat went missing in Shiretoko
The Japan Coast Guard said Sunday that it found four people on the sea and on the rock around the ti...
April 24, 2022
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Sightseeing boat missing off Shiretoko Peninsula involved in accident last year
Accidents involving tourist boats off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido have occurred before. In ...
April 24, 2022
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Work to improve Japan’s water pipe infrastructure moving at glacial pace
The overwhelming majority of major water service pipes damaged by a large earthquake off the coast o...
April 24, 2022
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Japan high-tech English audio guidance map available in Sendai
A tourist information center in central Sendai has created a map with English audio guidance for fo...
April 24, 2022
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Sightseeing boat with 26 on board feared sinking off Shiretoko Peninsula
The Japan Coast Guard said Saturday it had received an emergency call from a sightseeing boat sailin...
April 23, 2022
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Local governments in Japan work to streamline disaster victim certification process
Local governments in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures have been issuing disaster victim certificates...
April 23, 2022
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Over 100 lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine together
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Over 100 lawmakers from Japan’s ruling and opposition camps made a group visit ...
April 23, 2022
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‘Non-Japanese’ scammers using dating sites, matchmaking apps to exploit victims
The Yomiuri Shimbun By Sawa Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer [posttime] JST, [postdate]...
April 23, 2022
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Japanese railway company rolls out special cars in Ukrainian colors
Train cars painted in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag and bearing the message “We stand wi...
April 23, 2022
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