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Travel SpotsWakayama: Striking Distance: Mt. Fuji Visible from Kii Peninsula
NACHI-KATSUURA, Wakayama — A surprising number of places mainly in eastern and central Japan are cal...
February 27, 2023
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Associated PressCIA chief: China Has Some Doubt on Ability to Invade Taiwan
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence shows that China's President Xi Jinping has instructed his count...
February 27, 2023
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EconomyUeda Faces Hurdles in Ending BOJ Massive Monetary Easing Policy
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Economist Kazuo Ueda faces significant hurdles in ending the country’s massive ...
February 27, 2023
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General NewsFilm Depicts Torment of Families who Sued over Schoolchildren Deaths in 2011 Tsunami
For nearly six years, the bereaved families of a number of the 74 elementary school children killed ...
February 27, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentLDP Aims for Progress on Constitutional Revision
The Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday held a dialogue with young people on revising the Constitut...
February 27, 2023
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Defense & SecurityU.S. Marines, GSDF Joint Drill Shown to Media
A live-fire drill conducted by Japan and the United States at the Hijudai Maneuver Area in Oita Pref...
February 26, 2023
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MusicBTS’ J-Hope Becomes 2nd in Group to Enlist for Military Service
J-Hope of BTS has started the process of enlisting in the military to fulfill his mandatory service,...
February 26, 2023
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General NewsJapan Plans New Heatstroke Alert Amid Climbing Temperatures
To tackle the growing risk of heatstroke amid increasingly severe summer temperatures, the governmen...
February 26, 2023
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Travel SpotsNara: Worshippers Frolic in Sandy Deluge
KAWAI, Nara — Sand flew through the air as people flung sand at one another at Hirose Shrine in Kawa...
February 26, 2023
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CompaniesCharter Services Return to Reconnect Ibaraki, Seoul on March 25
The Ibaraki prefectural government announced Friday that a series of chartered flights connecting Ib...
February 26, 2023
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Other SportsOsaka Marathon Organizer: City on Display to the World
“We were able to showcase Osaka to the world,” said Masayoshi Matsumoto, a chief of the 2023 Osaka M...
February 26, 2023
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Crime & CourtsFukuoka Police Arrest Osaka Student over Strangulation Death
The Fukuoka prefectural police on Saturday arrested a 17-year-old Osaka high school student on suspi...
February 26, 2023
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Japan In FocusFukuoka: Cat Captures Hearts of Fans with Dignified Demeanor
ITOSHIMA, Fukuoka — Monta, a 3-year-old cat living in a mountainous area in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefec...
February 26, 2023
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General NewsBoat Service Resumes Between Tsushima and Busan, South Korea
The international sailing route connecting Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, and Busan, South Korea, re...
February 26, 2023
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General NewsToyama-Taipei Charter Flights to Resume in April
Preparations are steadily underway at Toyama Airport for the resumption of charter flights to and fr...
February 26, 2023