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Dinos Fall Over Running Toward Goal in T-rexcellent Race in Fukui
KATSUYAMA, Fukui — Thirty-four colorful Tyrannosaurus rex ran on a snow-covered slope during a ra...
January 20, 2025
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Education Ministry Eyes Using Digital Textbooks as Official Schoolbooks; Giving Boards of Education Choice of Digital Vs. Paper
The education ministry is considering giving digital textbooks, which are currently used as subst...
January 19, 2025
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Yumeshima Station Opens for 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo; Enthusiast Line up for Debut Ride
OSAKA — Yumeshima Station opened Sunday morning on a reclaimed island in Konohana Ward, Osaka, th...
January 19, 2025
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2nd-Day Tests Start for Japan’s Unified University Entrance Exams
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Second-day tests started Sunday for this year’s two-day unified university ent...
January 19, 2025
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Centuries-Old Pagoda Swathed in Fog
A three-storied pagoda is illuminated in artificial fog at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo during an event ...
January 19, 2025
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Kyoto Culture Inspires Tabletop Game Creators; Scented Card Game Used in Dementia Prevention Treatment
KYOTO — Several tabletop games inspired by traditional culture and set in Kyoto have been release...
January 19, 2025
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Yamanashi Pref. City Plans Parking Charge at Park Famous for Mt. Fuji View; Fujiyoshida Govt Tackles Overtourism
FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi — The city of Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture plans to start charging ...
January 19, 2025
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Common Test for University Admissions Underway Across Japan
Students taking the Common Test for University Admissions wait for an examination to begin in a h...
January 18, 2025
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Balloon Trips for ‘Space Sightseeing’ to Be Launched in April at Earliest; Space Tourists Can Fly to Stratosphere
Iwaya Inc., a Hokkaido-based startup, announced that it will begin offering balloon trips to the ...
January 18, 2025
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Cabinet Office Survey Finds 200 Local Govts Have No Stockpile of Portable Beds for Use in Case of Emergency
More than 200 local governments have no stockpile of cardboard and other portable beds to use in ...
January 18, 2025
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Phone Carriers Offering Services in Areas Away From Retail Shops; Labor Shortages, Depopulation Squeezing Firms
As the number of areas without mobile phone retail shops has been increasing due to labor shortag...
January 18, 2025
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Japan To Posthumously Honor Yomiuri’s Tsuneo Watanabe; Govt Announces Third Grade, Senior of the Court Rank
Tsuneo Watanabe, representative director and editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, who...
January 17, 2025
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30 Yrs Since Kobe Quake, Ties Between Affected Residents Starting to Fade; Those Affected by Great East Japan Quake Look to Set Up Countermeasures
While Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed 6,434 p...
January 17, 2025
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Giant Snow Monsters Appear in Hakkoda Mountains; Tourists Flock to Area to See Snow-Covered Trees
AOMORI — The Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori Prefecture are now guarded by soft rime, better known as...
January 17, 2025
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Great Hanshin Earthquake’s victims remembered 30 years on; Emperor, Empress Attend Memorial Ceremony in Kobe (Update 1)
KOBE — Memorials dedicated to the 6,434 victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake took place in Hyo...
January 17, 2025
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