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Shinkansen Services Suspended After Man ‘Searches for Phone’ on Tracks; Disruption Affects About 14,000 Passengers
Services on the Tokaido Shinkansen were temporarily suspended Saturday night after a man who said...
April 14, 2024
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Seat Reservations on Shinkansen, Other JR Lines up 16% for Golden Week; Pandemic Drop in Ridership Disappears
Seat reservations on Shinkansen and other JR lines during the Golden Week holiday were up 16% as ...
April 12, 2024
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Self-Built Pavilions at Osaka-Kansai Expo Likely to Drop from 60 to 40; Some Countries Likely to Change Type of Pavilion
The number of countries that will construct their own pavilions for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo is...
April 15, 2024
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Osaka Expo Fails to Excite with Year Left before Opening; Ticket Sales Limping Along
With one year to go before the opening of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, there is little excitement ...
April 13, 2024
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Powerful Quake Hits Ehime, Kochi Prefectures; No Risk of Tsunami
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted the western areas of Ehime and Kochi prefectures at ...
April 17, 2024
General News
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Powerful Quake Hits Ehime, Kochi Prefectures; No Risk of Tsunami
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted the western areas of Ehime and Kochi prefectures at ...
April 17, 2024
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74-year-old Woman Falsely Arrested for Shoplifting Sushi, Released 3 Days Later
A 74-year-old woman from Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, was falsely arrested for theft and releas...
April 17, 2024
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Eiichi Shibusawa Gift Shop to Sell Snack Bread Resembling New ¥10,000 Bill Featuring Meiji-era Businessman
To commemorate the upcoming issuance of a new \10,000 bill featuring Meiji-era luminary Eiichi Sh...
April 17, 2024
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40-Centimeter-Long Snake Caught on Tokaido Shinkansen Bullet Train; Passenger Alerted Station Staff
A passenger aboard the Tokaido Shinkansen, which departed from Nagoya for Tokyo, alerted staff at...
April 17, 2024
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Yellow Sand Expected to Prevail Japan Through Thursday; Visibility to Drop Below 10 Kilometers in Regions
Yellow sand is expected to blow across wide areas of the Japanese archipelago from Tuesday night ...
April 16, 2024
Crime & Courts
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Tokyo Man Defrauded of ¥140 Mill. in SNS Scam in Which Person Claiming to Be Celebrity Offers Investment Opportunities
A man in his 70s in Tokyo was defrauded of about ¥140 million in a social media scam in which a p...
April 16, 2024
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China Court Awards Damages Over AI Images Resembling Ultraman; Service Provider Held Liable For Copyright Infringement
An AI service provider in China has been found liable for copyright infringement and ordered to p...
April 16, 2024
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¥10 Million Pure Gold Chawan Bowl Stolen from Nihombashi Takashimaya during Exhibition Found at Shop in Taito Ward
A pure gold chawan bowl, valued at about ¥10 million and stolen from an exhibition and sale at To...
April 15, 2024
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Motorcycle Racer Takumi Iwamoto Arrested on Suspicion of Speeding, Covering Up Violation
Motorcycle racer Takumi Iwamoto was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of speeding and attempting ...
April 15, 2024
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Police Questioning Suspect in Theft of ¥10 Million Pure Gold Chawan Bowl from Nihombashi Takashimaya
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Saturday afternoon began questioning a man in his 30s...
April 13, 2024
Imperial Family
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Imperial Household Agency Turns to Instagram Amid Renewed PR Efforts; New Account Surpasses 950,000 followers
The Imperial Household Agency launched its official Instagram account on April 1, a year after th...
April 17, 2024
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Princess Aiko Attends Gagaku Court Music Concert; Princess Reportedly Enjoyed Concert Greatly
Princess Aiko, the daughter of the Emperor and the Empress, attended a spring gagaku — traditiona...
April 16, 2024
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Emperor, Empress Visit Noto Peninsula Again; Imperial Couple Concerned about Jan. 1 Quake Victims
The Emperor and Empress flew from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Ishikawa Prefecture on Friday to meet...
April 12, 2024
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Princess Aiko Visits Meiji Jingu Shrine for 1st Time; Offers Sacred Branch While Wearing Long White Dress, Hat
Princess Aiko, the only child of the Emperor and Empress, visited Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo to ...
April 10, 2024
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Princess Kako Watches Japan High School Girl’s Baseball Championship Tournament Final Game
Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino, watched a high school baseball girl'...
April 7, 2024
Obituaries
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Novelist Osamu Souda, Author of “Bokura no Nanokakan Senso” (“Seven Days War”), Died at 95
Novelist Osamu Souda, the author of "Bokura no Nanokakan Senso" ("Seven Days War"), has died at t...
April 16, 2024
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Faith Ringgold, Pioneering Black Quilt Artist and Author, Dies at 93
NEW YORK (AP) — Faith Ringgold, an award-winning author and artist who broke down barriers for Bl...
April 14, 2024
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O.J. Simpson, Legendary Football Player and Actor Brought Down by His Murder Trial, Dies at 76
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor acquitted of charges he kill...
April 12, 2024
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Jockey Kota Fujioka Dies in Hospital Where He Was Taken After Falling off Racehorse
Jockey Kota Fujioka died Wednesday night at a hospital where he was taken after falling off a hor...
April 11, 2024
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Sumo: Former Yokozuna Akebono Dies of Heart Failure at 54 (Update 2)
Former yokozuna Akebono died from heart failure. He was 54.
...April 11, 2024
Social Series
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Japan’s Fisheries Look for New Sales Channels as China Continues Ban on Imports
This is the fifth and final installment of a series that explores the current reality in areas a...
March 10, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Decommissioning of Fukushima Nuclear Plant in 40 Years Seems Doubtful; Three Mile Island Cleanup to Take Nearly 60 Years
This is the fourth installment of a series that explores the current reality in areas affected by...
March 8, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Soil Decontamination Advancing in Fukushima Pref.; More Evacuees Able to Return Home, But Not Many Do
“I wish we had been allowed to return home a little earlier,” lamented Takeshi Horikawa, 75, who ...
March 8, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Car Use Reconsidered in Tsunami Evacuation Plans; Traffic Jams Are Deadly, But Some Cannot Flee on Foot
The city government of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, held an evacuation drill on Sunday on the prem...
March 7, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / 2011 Quake Survivors Aging in Reconstruction Housing; New Communities Did Not Take Deep Root
About 30,000 public housing units were constructed for people affected by the disaster in Iwate, ...
March 6, 2024
Coronavirus
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Public Health Institute in Japan Plans Network with Asian Partners; Data to Be Shared With India, Taiwan and Vietnam
In an effort to promptly share information on infectious diseases in Asia, a team within the Nati...
April 7, 2024
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About 240 Mil. Unused COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Be Discarded; Free Vaccination Program Ended
The government is planning to discard about 240 million unused COVID-19 vaccines, as new variant ...
April 2, 2024
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Alarming Surge in Japan’s COVID-19 Cases; 10 Weeks Straight Increase, Half Aged 14 and Under
The Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry provided an update on Friday regarding the COVID-19 situatio...
February 2, 2024
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Injections Start for First Japan-made COVID Vaccine, Targeting XBB 1.5 Variant
TOKYO — Shots of the first Japan-made vaccine for the novel coronavirus are finally being administer...
December 14, 2023
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Japan to Introduce Routine COVID-19 Vaccinations for Elderly
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A special group of the health ministry Wednesday approved a plan to change COVI...
November 23, 2023
Noto Peninsula Earthquake
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Glow of Reconstruction Lights Up Noto at Night; Nanao’s Hot Spring Inns Aim for 1 Million Visitors
As the sun set and the town grew dark, one corner of the town began to glow. The lights were comi...
April 18, 2024
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Young Residents Create Photomosaic of Quake-Hit Noto Region; Artwork Uses Nearly 2,000 Pictures of Area Before Earthquake
Using nearly 2,000 photos of the Noto region, which was badly hit by the Noto Peninsula Earthquak...
April 16, 2024
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Wajima Lacquerware Artisan Proud of Traditional Techniques Used to Make Coffee Cups Given to Pres. Joe Biden
The Wajima-nuri lacquerware coffee cups that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida presented to U.S. Presi...
April 12, 2024
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Liquefaction Hinders Reconstruction from Noto Quake; Japan’s Central Government Plans to Boost Support
KANAZAWA — Damage from liquefaction is causing serious problems for the recovery efforts in four ...
April 11, 2024
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Services Resume Along Entire route of Noto Tetsudo Railway after Hiatus Following Jan. 1 Earthquake
Noto Tetsudo railway in Ishikawa Prefecture resumed train service Saturday along its entire 33.1-...
April 6, 2024
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