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Crime & CourtsOverseas Online Casinos ‘Target’ Users in Japan; Easy Payment Process Lures People to Illegal Gambling
With a basic plan to combat gambling addiction — which includes measures against payment service ...
March 22, 2025
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Japan In FocusShiga: Prayers for Air Safety Made at Temple with Fighter Plane Propeller; Temple Popular Among Pilots During War
MAIBARA, Shiga — The clear waters of the Soya River flows past Mt. Matsuoji, which rises in the n...
March 22, 2025
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeNotojima Aquarium Fully Reopens with Revival of Dolphin Show; Facility Had Been Closed Since January 2024 Due to Noto Peninsula Earthquake
NANAO, Ishikawa — Notojima Aquarium in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, marked its full reopening on S...
March 22, 2025
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General NewsWorld’s Colors Rise; Flags of Expo Participants Fly on Yumeshima
Flags of the more than 160 countries, regions and international organizations participating in th...
March 22, 2025
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Travel SpotsCherry Trees Bloom in Snowy Fukushima
FUKUSHIMA — Fukushima Prefecture may still be in the snowy grip of winter, but greenhouses of the...
March 22, 2025
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Asia-PacificChina, South Korea Agree to Improve Relations, Pull Closer Economically
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a member of the C...
March 22, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialMonetary policies of Japan, U.S. : Dark Clouds of Uncertainty Are Shrouding The World
The future of not only the U.S. economy but also the global economy is filled with an extraordina...
March 22, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Welfare Equipment Accidents: Learn from Past Mistakes to Ensure Safe Use
Welfare equipment is an important tool for the elderly and disabled people, but there is also a r...
March 22, 2025
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Crime & CourtsMutilated Human Remains Found in Shrubbery in Osaka; Passerby Finds Plastic Bag Containing Organs, Bones
OSAKA — The Osaka prefectural police announced Friday that the mutilated remains of a man were fo...
March 22, 2025
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Outside ContributorsBleak Outlook for Trump’s Effect on World; Visible Symptoms Mar Global Condition
U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to office in January struck the world like the relapse of an...
March 22, 2025
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Political Pulse‘Deliberative’ Diet Session a Debacle for Ishiba Cabinet; Ruling, Opposition Sides Both Shirking Responsibility
The atmosphere was far from uplifting when the Liberal Democratic Party held its annual conventio...
March 22, 2025
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Social Series30 Years After Sarin Attack — Lessons Learned / Aum Successor Groups Persist, Fueling Concern of Enduring Cult Devotion
This is the third and final installment of a series that examines the scars left by the Aum Supre...
March 22, 2025
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeScars from September Rain Disaster Still Visible on Noto Peninsula; 83 Residents Still Living in Shelters
Friday marked six months since torrential rains devastated the Okunoto region in Ishikawa Prefect...
March 22, 2025
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General NewsVietnamese Man Eager to Visit Father’s Grave in Japan after 66 Years of Separation; Faced Discrimination for Japanese Heritage
PHU THO, Vietnam — Sixty-six years after their separation, a Vietnamese man learned last year tha...
March 21, 2025
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Crime & Courts4th Teen Arrested in Rakuten Mobile Fraud Case after His Alleged Purchase of 35,000 IDs on Social Media
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of illegally accessing Rakuten Mobile Inc.’s sys...
March 21, 2025