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Japan In FocusJapan’s Mirai Convenience Store shows what acting locally can do for a community’s future
NAKA, Tokushima — A convenience store in a depopulated community deep in the mountains in Tokushima ...
January 10, 2022
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Film & TV‘Drive My Car’ wins Golden Globe for best non-English film
LOS ANGELES — Japan’s “Drive My Car” won best non-English language film at the 79th Golden Globe Awa...
January 10, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan, U.S. considering export controls for advanced technology
The Japanese and U.S. governments are considering the creation of a multilateral framework to regula...
January 10, 2022
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CompaniesTOTO to build faucet factory in Vietnam
FUKUOKA — Toto Ltd. will build a new factory for faucets in northern Vietnam to meet growing global ...
January 10, 2022
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CoronavirusSome Okinawa municipalities hold coming-of-age ceremonies
NAHA — Many municipalities in Okinawa Prefecture, which is under quasi-emergency priority measures t...
January 10, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentGovt to support tourism on remote islands, preserve territorial waters
The government has decided to strengthen its support for the promotion of tourism in areas designate...
January 10, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentFast-growing ‘elite trees’ could transform forestry
SAGA — The government is trying to promote a new variety of Japan cedar that grows 1.5 times faster ...
January 10, 2022
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General NewsJapan spent ¥15.5 billion to remove polluted soil, waste from land formerly used by U.S. forces in Okinawa
NAHA — About ¥15.5 billion had to be spent by the Japanese government to remove contaminated soil an...
January 10, 2022
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General NewsHalf-size Zico statues on sale for ¥5.5 million
Kashima Antlers, a professional soccer club in the J. League’s top division, are accepting orders fo...
January 10, 2022
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General NewsWorld Natural Heritage sites in Japan under threat from poachers
Rampant poaching of rare plants and insects is taking place on Kagoshima Prefecture’s Amami-Oshima i...
January 10, 2022
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Associated PressChina’s Tianjin testing all residents after omicron found
BEIJING (AP) — The numbers are small, but the major port of Tianjin may be facing China’s first outb...
January 10, 2022
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Film & TVJapan’s “Drive My Car” wins U.S. Film Critics Awards
Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Japanese movie director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” won the 2021 best pi...
January 10, 2022
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Associated Press19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC apartment fire
NEW YORK (AP) — A malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire that filled a Bronx apartment building ...
January 10, 2022
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Asia-PacificSouth Korea: Digital universe rises to cultural mainstream amid ongoing pandemic
The metaverse, regarded as a technology whose emergence was seen as timely in the pandemic era, has ...
January 9, 2022
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Associated PressIn Afghanistan, desperate parents sell children
SHEDAI CAMP, Afghanistan (AP) — In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan h...
January 9, 2022