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MusicTokusatsu robot songs can lift spirits amid pandemic
A special CD box set featuring only songs about robots from Super Sentai series tokusatsu superhero ...
February 11, 2022
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General NewsIncome gaps have widened among people aged 25-34 in Japan
Income gaps among people aged 25 to 34 have widened, as evidenced by the rise of the Gini coefficien...
February 11, 2022
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General NewsValentine’s Day chocolates that suit today’s stay-home mood
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Shops and businesses are offering a variety of fun ideas ...
February 11, 2022
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CoronavirusQuasi-emergency measures extended to March 6 in 13 prefectures
The government announced Thursday an extension to the period of quasi-emergency priority measures in...
February 10, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsTomita sisters’ rivalry pushes each to new heights for Japan’s snowboarders
Sena Tomita took the bronze in the women’s halfpipe at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Not far behind w...
February 10, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan, U.S., S. Korea affirm cooperation over N. Korea
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The defense ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Thursday a...
February 10, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsKagiyama takes silver in figure skating; Uno 3rd ahead of Hanyu
Teenager Yuma Kagiyama and Shoma Uno did enough to hold off two-time defending champion and compatri...
February 10, 2022
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Crime & CourtsSources: Exam cheating suspect had accomplice
A teenager suspected of cheating in last month’s Common Test for University Admissions allegedly had...
February 10, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsWatabe finishes 7th in normal hill Nordic combined
Japan fell short of winning a third consecutive medal in the individual normal hill of Nordic combin...
February 10, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsJapan’s women’s curling team loses to Sweden in round robin at Games
The women’s curling team lost to defending champion Sweden 8-5 in the round robin at the Beijing Win...
February 10, 2022
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Coronavirus1,000 extra beds for covid patients to be set aside in Tokyo, Osaka
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the governors of Tokyo and Osaka agreed Wednesday to set up additio...
February 10, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsSena Tomita wins bronze in women’s halfpipe, Japan’s 1st medal in event
BEIJING — Sena Tomita became the first Olympic medalist from Japan in the women’s halfpipe, taking t...
February 10, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsYuzuru Hanyu fails to land quad axel
BEIJING (AP) — Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu fell on his attempt to become the first figure sk...
February 10, 2022
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ObituariesJapan’s Emperor Emeritus put much trust into late grand chamberlain
When the Emperor Emeritus made his official visit to the United Kingdom as Emperor back in 1998, he ...
February 10, 2022
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CoronavirusJapanese local govts extend helping hand to COVID-19 patients staying at home
As the sixth wave of the coronavirus pandemic continues, local governments are taking a variety of m...
February 10, 2022