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Travel Spots‘Visitor Tax’ to Combat Overtourism in Miyajima; Revenue to Improve and Build Island Facilities
HIROSHIMA — A new tourist tax came into effect on Sunday, targeting visitors to Miyajima, an island ...
October 2, 2023
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General NewsOscar Award-Winning Movie ‘Drive My Car’ Incineration Plant Hosts One-day Only Restaurant
HIROSHIMA — Made popular by the Academy Award-winning movie “Drive My Car,” Hiroshima City’s Naka In...
October 2, 2023
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General NewsThe Big Issue Japan Marks 20 Years of Tackling Homelessness
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — The Big Issue Japan, a street magazine sold by homeless people as a way to secu...
October 2, 2023
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General NewsJohnny & Associates to Change Name to Smile-Up. (Update 2)
Johnny & Associates Inc. will create new company Smile-Up to manage talents on Oct. 17, President No...
October 2, 2023
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Travel SpotsJR Tadami Line Draws Fans 1-Year After Reopening; Popular Route Partially Closed Since 2011 Torrential Rains
A train crosses Tadamigawa Bridge No. 3 over a Tadami River shrouded in morning mist on Sunday in Mi...
October 2, 2023
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Yomiuri EditorialYen Depreciating Anew: Negative Effects Not Limited to Higher Prices
The yen is depreciating against the dollar again. The government and the Bank of Japan must scrutini...
October 2, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Abandoned Pleasure Boats: Make Registration of Mooring Sites Mandatory for Owners
The fact that pleasure boats are being abandoned in ports and rivers for long periods has become a p...
October 2, 2023
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PerspectivesPeople with Disabilities in Tokyo Receive Support to Live Independent Lives
Hideji Tanaka, 55, began living alone in an apartment unit in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, from February. He ...
October 2, 2023
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General NewsTEPCO to Start 2nd Release of Treated Water from Fukushima N-Plant from Thursday
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. plans to begin its second release of treated water from ...
October 2, 2023
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Washington PostDespite All Her Years Away, Feinstein Never Really Left San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - In June of 1933, Dianne Feinstein was born in this foggy city by the bay. That same ...
October 2, 2023
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Washington PostUnder India’s Pressure, Facebook Let Propaganda and Hate Speech Thrive
SAN FRANCISCO - Nearly three years ago, Facebook's propaganda hunters uncovered a vast social media ...
October 2, 2023
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Washington PostHouse Prepares for Next Hurdle: Efforts to Oust McCarthy as Speaker
WASHINGTON - The decision was always going to be his. With a Democratic-led Senate ready to fund the...
October 2, 2023
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Washington PostDespite All Her Years Away, Feinstein Never Really Left San Francisco
Throughout every stage of Sam Bankman-Fried's swift descent from cryptocurrency darling to criminal ...
October 2, 2023
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ReutersJapan Startup Develops ‘Gundam’-Like Robot with $3 Mln Price Tag
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre...
October 2, 2023
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Associated PressAttorney General Garland says in interview he’d resign if Biden asked him to take action on Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland said in an interview that aired Sunday that he wo...
October 2, 2023