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Aum Victim Seeks Enforcement of Compensation Order; Aleph Yet to Pay Woman Widowed in 1995 Gas Attack, Others
People, including Shizue Takahashi, 78, who lost her husband in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the ...
March 13, 2025
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Over 60% of Japan’s Hospitals Operating at Deficit as Cost of Living and Labor Rises, Survey Says
More than 60% of hospitals in Japan have been operating in the red due to the rising cost of livi...
March 13, 2025
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Heatstroke Prevention Measures to Be Required in Workplaces; Japan Health Ministry to Impose Penalties for Negligence
Businesses will be required to take steps to prevent heatstroke among their employees, and will f...
March 13, 2025
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Yamanaka Traditional Lacquerware Enhancing Wood Grain, Texture; Uses Technique of Turning Wood on Lathe, Shaping It with Blade
KAGA, Ishikawa — Ishikawa Prefecture is home to three major production areas for lacquerware, a t...
March 12, 2025
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Memorial Event in Fukushima City Marks 14 Yrs Since 2011 Earthquake; Ishiba Says Govt to Continue to Take Lead in Helping to Restore Living Environment of Residents
A memorial event to remember the victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake was held Tuesday...
March 11, 2025
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Sanriku Railway Train Guide Discusses Importance of Disaster Preparedness; 25-year-old Shares Experience of Great East Japan Earthquake
MIYAKO, Iwate Pref. — A woman who experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake as a child is now w...
March 11, 2025
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Services Held in Coastal Areas for Disaster Victims; Number of Yearly Events Declining As Relatives Age
SENDAI — Tuesday marked the 14th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. People gath...
March 11, 2025
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Photographs: Prayers for 2011 Quake Victims
Prayers and flowers were offered at cenotaphs Tuesday, the day the Great East Japan Earthquake st...
March 11, 2025
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Survivor of March 11 Quake in Japan Reflects on Day of Disaster; A Police Officer Works to Pass on Lessons Learned
FUKUSHIMA — Kei Saito, a police officer with the Fukushima prefectural police, sees it as his mis...
March 11, 2025
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5 Prefectures Consider Accommodating Removed Fukushima Soil; Will Accept Under Certain Conditions, Yomiuri Shimbun Survey Finds
Five prefectures may consider hosting the final disposal sites for soil removed during decontamin...
March 11, 2025
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Graduation Certificates Help Reunite Ex-Classmates 80 Years after Great Tokyo Air Raid; Museum Curator’s Discovery Brings them Together
During the Great Tokyo Air Raid on March 10, 1945, incendiary bombs rained down mercilessly even ...
March 10, 2025
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‘Japan’s Most Dangerous Zoo’ to Close in September; Sapporo Zoo Operated without Permission for Nearly 20 Years
SAPPORO — A private zoo in Sapporo that advertised itself as “the most dangerous zoo in Japan” wi...
March 10, 2025
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Tokyo Memorial Service Held to Mark 80 Years Since Great Tokyo Air Raid; Organizers Hope for World Peace
A memorial service for victims of the Great Tokyo Air Raid was held Monday to mark 80 years since...
March 10, 2025
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Evacuation Order Fully Lifted in Ofunato After Large-Scale Wildfire Burns for Nearly 2 Weeks; Residents Begin to Return to Their Homes
The municipal government of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by a large-scale fore...
March 10, 2025
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Shinkansen: Tohoku Shinkansen Resumes Operation between Tokyo, Sendai Stations after Over-2-Hour Suspension (Update 1)
Tohoku Shinkansen has been suspended between Tokyo and Sendai stations since around 0:20 p.m. on ...
March 10, 2025
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