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Kabuki / Noh / RakugoYouthful Yonekichi takes title role in ‘Nausicaa’ kabuki
Hayao Miyazaki’s original manga epic “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” has been brought to the Ka...
July 14, 2022
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General NewsSento bathhouses launch new services to stay afloat
Soaring prices for fuel and other commodities have delivered further blows to sento bathhouses still...
July 14, 2022
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Crime & CourtsAbe attack exposes critical flaws in security procedures
The National Police Agency has launched a review of the security measures in place on the day of the...
July 14, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentShooting of Abe may have affected Cabinet approval rate
The fatal shooting last week of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have favorably affected the app...
July 13, 2022
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EnvironmentIn parched land, Iraqi gazelles dying of hunger
SAMAWAH, Iraq (AFP-Jiji) — Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, maki...
July 13, 2022
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TechnologyFreeze-dried mice: How a new technique could help conservation
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — Japanese scientists have successfully produced cloned mice using freeze-dried cel...
July 13, 2022
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ScienceFossils show panda ‘thumbs’ to be millions of years old
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Fossils unearthed in China are helping scientists get a better grasp on one o...
July 13, 2022
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ScienceIn Tarantula Nebula, a stunning view of stars being born
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Astronomers have peered into a teeming stellar nursery in the Tarantula Nebul...
July 13, 2022
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ScienceKew discovers new giant waterlily species
KEW GARDENS (AFP-Jiji) — Experts at London’s Kew Gardens on July 4 revealed they have discovered the...
July 13, 2022
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Science
China rejects NASA accusation it will take over the moon
BEIJING (Reuters) — China on July 4 rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of N...
July 13, 2022
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Crime & CourtsMother of suspected Abe shooter donated ¥100 mil. to Unification Church, sources say
The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Ab...
July 13, 2022
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Crime & CourtsSuspected bullet holes found in parking lot near scene of Abe attack
Nara prefectural police found suspected bullet holes on Wednesday on the wall of a parking lot about...
July 13, 2022
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Outside ContributorsHow Japan can embrace gender equality and nurture a more inclusive society
The World Economic Forum on July 13 released the Gender Gap Index, which quantifies the gaps between...
July 13, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentYomiuri poll: 73% see Abe shooting as ‘threat to democracy’
A nationwide poll by The Yomiuri Shimbun found that more than 70% of respondents were concerned that...
July 13, 2022
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CoronavirusTokyo logs 16,878 cases
Tokyo logged 16,878 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Wednesday, double the figure from the s...
July 13, 2022