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Shrine maidens at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Wednesday began washing hac...
December 16, 2021
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3/11 tsunami survivors become teachers to protect lives
ENDAI — Young people who survived the tsunami triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake as childr...
December 16, 2021
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Tall order: Toshodaiji temple holds annual cleaning ceremony ahead of New Year
Buddhist monks dust off a statue at Toshodaiji temple in Nara on Wednesday for the annual ominugui c...
December 15, 2021
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Hole under Tokyu Toyoko Line disrupts train operations
A large hole was found Monday under the sleepers of the Tokyu Toyoko Line near Hiyoshi Station in Ko...
December 14, 2021
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Tokyo Dome stadium to undergo biggest renovations in its history
Tokyo Dome, the home stadium of the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball team, will undergo the most...
December 14, 2021
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Law revision eyed to stop firms sharing browsing history data without user consent
Operators of internet sites and apps will have to obtain consent from users when providing their bro...
December 14, 2021
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Ransomware on rampage across myriad sectors of Japan
In the predawn hours of Halloween, an eerie event occurred at the Tsurugi municipal Handa Hospital i...
December 14, 2021
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“Kin,” or gold, picked as kanji of 2021
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — “Kin,” meaning gold, was selected as the kanji character of the year in Japan o...
December 14, 2021
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Wooden Corolla replica driven in test run
A wooden replica of Toyota Motor Corp.’s Corolla sedan was driven Saturday on the premises of Aste, ...
December 13, 2021
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Japan’s Hayashi plays ‘Imagine’ on piano at Beatles museum
LIVERPOOL, England (Jiji Press) — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi played John Lennon’s “...
December 13, 2021
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Citrus fruits from Hiroshima Prefecture sold in ‘island jewel boxes’
OSAKIKAMIJIMA, Hiroshima — Natsumi Fujinaka, a fruit grower on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, pre...
December 12, 2021
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Bird flu outbreak hits northeastern Japan
AOMORI (Jiji Press) — The northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori said Sunday that it has confirmed ...
December 12, 2021
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M-5 earthquake hits southern Ibaraki Prefecture
A magnitude-5 earthquake occurred in southern Ibaraki Prefecture at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday. There i...
December 12, 2021
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Iizuka, head of Japanese group of abductee families, resigns
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Shigeo Iizuka, 83, head of an association of families of Japanese nationals abd...
December 12, 2021
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Nihon University vows to break away from arrested ex-chair
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Nihon University President Naoto Kato said Friday that the university is determ...
December 11, 2021
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