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General NewsVacant houses become game facilities, photo studios in new business ventures
More and more firms are expanding into new businesses by renovating vacant houses to become event fa...
August 14, 2022
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General NewsNPO planned organ transplants in Sri Lanka
In a case of suspected organ trafficking in living donor kidney transplants, a nonprofit organizatio...
August 14, 2022
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TechnologyUniversity of Tokyo to open Metaverse School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo is scheduled to open a “metaverse Faculty of Engineering” in September. In t...
August 13, 2022
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General NewsTyphoon No. 8 hits Shizuoka Prefecture; heavy rain warning in other areas
Typhoon No. 8 brought heavy rains to the Tokai region Saturday, making landfall over the Izu Peninsu...
August 13, 2022
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CoronavirusTokyo logs 23,773 new coronavirus cases
Tokyo confirmed 23,773 new cases of novel coronavirus infections on Saturday. The daily tally in th...
August 13, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentSome state ministers, others linked with Unification Church
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Some Japanese state ministers and parliamentary vice ministers who took office ...
August 13, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentGovt to use AI translation system to publish laws in English from next fiscal year
The Justice Ministry plans to use an artificial intelligence-equipped system to translate Japanese ...
August 13, 2022
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Associated PressChina sending fighter jets to Thailand for joint exercises
BANGKOK (AP) — The Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exe...
August 13, 2022
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Japan In FocusOsaka: Unexploded WWII bomb safely removed from building site
SUITA, Osaka — Local residents in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, were temporarily evacuated July 24 to fac...
August 13, 2022
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Asia-PacificLower house lawmaker meets with Myanmar junta leader
BANGKOK (Jiji Press) — House of Representatives lawmaker Hiromichi Watanabe met with Min Aung Hlaing...
August 13, 2022
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CoronavirusStudy: Omicron likely causes fever among more children
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — More children developed novel coronavirus symptoms such as fever and convulsion...
August 13, 2022
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Asia-PacificPakistan: The nation’s passport remains 4th-worst in the world
The Pakistani passport continues to be the fourth-worst in the world, not changing its position from...
August 13, 2022
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Japan In FocusKochi: Lovable baddie Baikinman gets his left horn back
KOCHI — A stone statue of Baikinman, a character from the popular manga Anpanman, had its horn broke...
August 13, 2022
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TechnologyJapan, U.S. rocketing ahead with lunar infrastructure plans
The U.S.-led Artemis Program is shooting for the moon. The international lunar exploration program h...
August 13, 2022
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EconomyJapan Govt eyes measures to maintain wheat prices
The administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering keeping the price of imported whea...
August 13, 2022