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Social SeriesSouthwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Businesses Pop Up on Remote Islands in Support of Locals’ Dreams; State of Islands Provides Vision of Japan’s Future
This is the seventh and last installment in a series of articles looking at the country’s future ...
March 16, 2025
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General NewsPaper Crane Made by Hiroshima Girl Sadako Presented to Obama in Hawaii
A nonprofit organization run by relatives of Sadako Sasaki, the model for the Children’s Peace Mo...
March 16, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentIshiba’s Gift Voucher Scandal a Blow to Budget Talks; PM Admits Causing ‘Unpleasantness’ and ‘Indignation’
Dark clouds are hanging over Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s management of his administration aft...
March 15, 2025
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BaseballShohei Ohtani Hits Long HR in Return to Japan Against Yomiuri Giants
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese star Shohei Ohtani showed off some prodigious power in his return to the To...
March 15, 2025
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BaseballCubs Fire Blanks in Warmup for Tokyo Series with Dodgers; Hanshin Tigers Hurlers Combine on 3-hit Shutout
The Chicago Cubs were not much of a hit in their first game in Japan. The Hanshin Tigers’ pitcher...
March 15, 2025
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General NewsPeople Bid Farewell to Japan’s Easternmost Train Station
NEMURO, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — Higashi-Nemuro Station marked its final day of operations Friday,...
March 15, 2025
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EconomyPrivate Rice Imports Surge Amid Domestic Shortages; Trading Companies Can Still Profit Despite Tariff
Private imports of overseas rice have been increasing rapidly due to shortages in the domestic ma...
March 15, 2025
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General NewsJapan Fair Trade Commission Finds 10 Types of Dark Patterns May Violate Law; Annual Damage Could Be ¥1.7 Tril.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has compiled a report stating that most of the typical dark patte...
March 15, 2025
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ScienceJapanese Astronaut Onishi, 3 Others Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Lift Off; 3rd Japanese to Serve as ISS Commander
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Takuya Onishi and three other astr...
March 15, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialTrade War: Japan Should Be on Higher Alert about The Situation
The high tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked a full-scale trade war, and it ...
March 15, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Ishiba’s Distribution of Gift Vouchers: Prime Minister Cannot Escape Criticism for Being Thoughtless
It is astonishing that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba himself behaved in a way that raised doubts ...
March 15, 2025
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Travel SpotsTokushima: Out with the Old, in with the New: Gondolas Replaced on Bizan Ropeway
TOKUSHIMA — The gondolas on a ropeway connecting the foot and the summit of Mt. Bizan in western ...
March 15, 2025
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General NewsHokkaido Shinkansen Extension Faces Over 8-Year Delay; Further Setbacks Possible
The opening of the extended section of the Hokkaido Shinkansen line between Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto ...
March 15, 2025
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EconomyU.S. Commerce Secretary Says Japan Not Exempt from U.S. Auto Tariffs; Japan’s Auto Industry to Be Significantly Impacted
WASHINGTON — U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday expressed Washington’s intention to...
March 15, 2025
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March 15, 2025