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  • Total 559 Run Through Tohoku Region in Michinoku Coastal Trail Walk; Pokémon-Theme Event Held by Govt, Sponsors

    SOMA, Fukushima — An event to walk the Michinoku Coastal Trail, a path through the Tohoku region’...

    June 10, 2025

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    June 10, 2025

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    June 10, 2025

  • Japan to Conduct Probe into Career Guidance for Foreign Students; High Schools Nationwide to be Surveyed on Support Systems

    The government will this fiscal year launch a survey on career support for foreign students in hi...

    June 10, 2025

  • Government Outlines Plan to Revitalize Bookstores; Measures to Include Use of IC Tags to Facilitate Inventory Management

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    June 9, 2025

  • Rainy Season Begins in Chugoku, Kinki, Tokai

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    June 9, 2025

  • Higher Food Costs Cause Price Increases in Cafeterias, Affecting University Students; Rising Rice Prices Worsening Situation

    KYOTO — Due to the sharp rise in food costs, university cafeterias, which support students’ diets...

    June 8, 2025

    #Food #Kyoto
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    The Tobu Tojo Line has suspended services between Ikebukuro and Narimasu stations after an accide...

    June 8, 2025

  • Rainy Season Begins in Northern Kyushu, Shikoku, Ends in Okinawa

    The Japan Meteorological Agency announced on Sunday that the rainy season has likely begun in nor...

    June 8, 2025

  • Accidents by Foreign Drivers Spur License Conversion Review; Tourists from Some Nations May Be Unable to Drive in Japan

    A series of reckless accidents caused by foreign drivers has prompted the National Police Agency ...

    June 8, 2025

  • Temperatures Exceed 30 C in 102 Locations with Peak of 32.9 C Recorded in Fukushima Prefecture

    A high-pressure system brought hot air, primarily to the Tohoku region on Saturday, with temperat...

    June 7, 2025

  • 87 Japan Universities to Help Intl Students after Harvard Ban

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Eighty-seven Japanese universities have announced support measures for inter...

    June 7, 2025

  • Many Health Care Facilities Unprepared for Tsunami-Related Disasters; 40% Without Evacuation Plan

    Despite concern over future earthquakes in places such as the Nankai Trough off Japan’s Pacific c...

    June 7, 2025

    #Tsunami
  • Tohoku University to Hire 500 World-class Researchers, Hoping to Capitalize on U.S. Brain Drain Set Off by Trump

    Tohoku University will hire about 500 world-class researchers by fiscal 2029, it was learned on T...

    June 6, 2025

  • Japan’s Maglev Shinkansen’s Partially Completed Station Unveiled; Station Will Be Only Underground Stop Between Shinagawa, Nagoya

    SAGAMIHARA — Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) unveiled Thursday the construction site for its...

    June 6, 2025

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