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Just 3 years away, excitement for Expo 2025 hard to see across Japan
With just under three years to go before World Expo 2025 begins, enthusiasm for the event appears to...
April 17, 2022
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Opposition to U.S. bases among young waning in Okinawa
OKINAWA — Fifty years after Okinawa’s return to Japanese control, 70% of U.S. military facilities in...
April 17, 2022
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Citizens’ assemblies generate decarbonization ideas for local govts in Japan
To gather a wider cross-section of public views on what to do about climate change, some local gove...
April 17, 2022
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Ukraine’s ‘Hachiko’ finds new home
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — An Akita dog in Ukraine, dubbed “Hachiko of Makariv” by local media, has found ...
April 16, 2022
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Stains found on World Heritage in Todaiji
NARA (Jiji Press) — Stains from what appears to be a liquid have been discovered on a part of a buil...
April 16, 2022
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Ukraine students welcomed to Japan university with national anthem
Ukrainian students who fled amid Russia’s brutal invasion hold their hands over their hearts as they...
April 16, 2022
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Japan’s Satoyama-themed pavilion opens at Dutch Garden Expo
BRUSSELS (Jiji Press) — An opening ceremony for Japan’s pavilion at the Floriade Expo 2022 in the Ne...
April 16, 2022
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Bullying recognized over girl’s death in Hokkaido
ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — A 14-year-old girl found frozen to death in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, ...
April 16, 2022
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Japan’s population falls by record 644,000
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s population including foreigners stood at 125,502,000 as of Oct. 1 last ...
April 16, 2022
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Extensive damage to Japan’s Tohoku Shinkansen line raises questions about quake resistance
Passengers arriving on the Tohoku Shinkansen platform at Tokyo and Fukushima stations Thursday — the...
April 16, 2022
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Japanese artist in eastern Ukraine draws daily life under invasion
Depicting daily life during the Russian invasion is one artist’s way of conveying the situation in U...
April 15, 2022
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Sexual harassment of graduating job hunters raises alarms in Japan
Over 25% of graduating college students said they had been sexually harassed while job hunting, acco...
April 15, 2022
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Tokyo’s JR Yamanote Line resumes services after almost 2 hours
All services on the JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo has been suspended after a fire broke out at a nearby ...
April 15, 2022
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Bereaved man’s traffic safety message resonates with young people
It was three years ago on April 19 that an 87-year-old man accidentally ran a red light and plowed h...
April 14, 2022
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Japanese start-ups entering reforestation market
WAKAYAMA — A prolonged downturn in the timber industry has left many forests in Japan in poor condit...
April 14, 2022
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