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Digitally produced ‘yosegaki’ group message cards growing popular amid pandemic
A staple of farewell parties in Japan is a collection of written messages called yosegaki, which fri...
March 21, 2022
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Suspended Tohoku Shinkansen section to partly reopen Tuesday
The operation of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train will resume Tuesday in parts of a section suspen...
March 21, 2022
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Netflix’s Japan subsidiary fined for ¥1.2 bil. tax loophole scheme through 2019
U.S. streaming giant Netflix, Inc.’s subsidiary in Japan was found to have used tax loopholes to red...
March 21, 2022
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People fix quake-toppled tombstones following March 16 temblor in Japan
A man on Sunday puts back in place a tombstone at a cemetery in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, after it wa...
March 21, 2022
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Japan to launch AI translation system for foreign job seekers
To support foreign workers, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will start translating job listin...
March 21, 2022
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War forces elderly Japanese man to abandon home in Ukraine
After decades living in Ukraine, 78-year-old Hidekatsu Furikhata was forced to flee to Japan to esca...
March 21, 2022
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Japan PM honors policeman, U.N. volunteer killed in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida laid flowers at memorial monuments in Phnom Penh on Sunday...
March 21, 2022
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Japanese ancient wall paintings shown to media
ASUKA, Nara (Jiji Press) — Colorful wall paintings found inside an ancient tumulus in Nara Prefectur...
March 21, 2022
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Japan launches new cyber defense command to counter threat from neighboring countries
The Defense Ministry has launched a cyber defense command by reorganizing related units of the Groun...
March 20, 2022
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Volunteers join cleanup in quake-hit Tohoku areas
Some municipal governments in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures that suffered damage from Wednesday n...
March 20, 2022
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Derailed train being removed
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) began the process Sunday of putting cars of a Tohoku Shinkansen bu...
March 20, 2022
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Japan Coast Guard provides know-how to Asian countries to enhance sea security
The Japan Coast Guard is providing technical guidance to coast guards in Asian countries to improve ...
March 20, 2022
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False info on Ukraine invasion spreads on social media
“I retweeted it in a knee-jerk reaction out of my hatred for Russia,” said the Japanese company emp...
March 19, 2022
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Joban Expressway’s entire route back in service, but quake impact still visible in many areas
A section of the Joban Expressway reopened at noon on Friday, bringing the entire route back into se...
March 19, 2022
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Artisans make brightly colored banners ahead of traditional boys’ festival
Artisans in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, work under a blue sky making banners that wish for a child’s ...
March 19, 2022
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