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General NewsFailure to attract visitors to Virtual Osaka metaverse bodes ill for promoting 2025 Expo
OSAKA — Japan’s second largest city is virtually empty these days, at least in the metaverse. Virtu...
October 18, 2022
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General NewsVeteran comedian Koji Nakamoto hit by car, seriously injured
Veteran comedian Koji Nakamoto sustained a serious head injury after being hit by a car when he was ...
October 18, 2022
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Crime & CourtsFormer Tokyo Games executive indicted for 3rd time
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing c...
October 18, 2022
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CompaniesTEPCO raises flounder in Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant’s ‘treated water’ to underline ‘safety’
FUKUSHIMA — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. is raising flounder in so-called treated wat...
October 18, 2022
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General NewsClinical trial of CBD medicine to start in Japan
The Japanese arm of U.K. firm GW Pharmaceuticals plans to start clinical trials as early as this mo...
October 18, 2022
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Asia-PacificBTS members will serve in S. Korea military, regroup in ’25
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The members of K-pop band BTS will serve their mandatory military duties u...
October 18, 2022
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General News4 Self-Defense Forces servicemen apologize to female ex-member for sexual assault
A former Ground Self-Defense member received apologies from four servicemen who had sexually harasse...
October 18, 2022
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Crime & CourtsTokyo court finds July poll in unconstitutional state
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday ruled that the House of Councillors election in...
October 18, 2022
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RussiaRussian warplane crashes near apartment building, killing 13
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian warplane crashed Monday into a residential area in a Russian city on the Sea...
October 18, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan to revise laws to offer relief for Unification Church victims during current Diet session
Relief for victims of Unification Church activities will be presented in bills to revise relevant la...
October 18, 2022
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General NewsYomiuri receives awards at annual newspaper convention
The Yomiuri Shimbun received the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association award for its sc...
October 18, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (October 18)
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October 18, 2022
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CompaniesKFC Japan to stop providing plastic spoons, forks at all 1,200 stores
Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd. will stop providing plastic spoons and forks in its Japan stores, ...
October 18, 2022
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Crime & Courts28-year-old man served fresh arrest warrant on suspicion of helping girl commit suicide
The Kanagawa prefectural police on Monday served a fresh arrest warrant to a 28-year-old man for pu...
October 18, 2022
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Washington PostFDA wants to yank pregnancy drug. Firm argues Black women will suffer.
"Help give your baby more time." The eye-catching bright pink ads for the drug Makena tout its abili...
October 18, 2022