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400 Yakuza Offices in Japan Closed in 10 Years: Govt and Citizen Efforts Make Continuing Progress On Eliminating Crime Syndicates
About 400 yakuza crime syndicate offices were closed around the nation between 2014 and 2023, acc...
September 26, 2024
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Univ. of Tokyo to Raise Tuition by ¥100,000
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The University of Tokyo on Tuesday formally decided to raise its annual tuit...
September 25, 2024
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Typhoon Cimaron Forms South of Japan; Expected to Move Closer to Kyushu, Shikoku in Few Days
A tropical cyclone became Typhoon Cimarron at noon Wednesday south of Japan, according to the Jap...
September 25, 2024
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Japan’s Earthquake-Hit Noto Peninsula People Exhausted from Having to Evacuate Again After Heavy Rain
Record-breaking rain in the northern part of the Noto Peninsula has forced 621 people to take ref...
September 25, 2024
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Tokyo Police Officials Hold Memorial for Police Dogs; Pray for Them to Rest in Peace
Metropolitan Police Department officials prayed at a memorial service held for police dogs that c...
September 24, 2024
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Search for 7 People Continues in Japan’s Noto Area; Elderly Woman, Junior High School Student among Those Missing after Record-Breaking Rains
KANAZAWA — Self-Defense Force personnel, firefighters and others resumed search and rescue operat...
September 24, 2024
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News in Pictures / Heavy Rain Devastates Japan’s Earthquake-Hit Noto
Heavy rain poured down on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, already battered by a major ...
September 24, 2024
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Extensive Damage Found in Temporarily Isolated District in Noto Region of Ishikawa Pref., Japan, After Record-Breaking Rainfall
WAJIMA, Ishikawa — The Machino district in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was isolated for th...
September 24, 2024
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Tsunami Observed at Japan’s Hachijojima Island; Waves Were the Result of a Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake; Tsunami Advisory Lifted (Update 2)
A fifty-centimeter-high tsunami was observed at Yaene, on Hachijojima Island, Tokyo, at 8:58 a.m....
September 24, 2024
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Certified Travel Assistants Help Elderly, Disabled Tourists; Organizations Around Japan Establish Training Programs
SAPPORO — Various programs to certify helpers for elderly and disabled travelers have been establ...
September 23, 2024
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Heavy Rain Leaves 7 Dead, 56 Communities Isolated in Noto Area; Temporary Housing Also Affected
KANAZAWA — Seven people have died, two have been declared missing and 12 have been injured as sea...
September 23, 2024
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Rescuers Search for Missing in Japan’s Northern Quake-hit Noto Region After Record-breaking Rain; Temporary Housing Units Also Hit by Flooding
KANAZAWA — Police, firefighters and Self-Defense Force personnel began taking part in an intensiv...
September 23, 2024
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Survey: Only 3% of English Teachers Use Digital Textbooks Exclusively; 88% Use Both Paper and Digital Forms
Only 3% of English teachers in elementary and junior high schools use digital textbooks exclusive...
September 23, 2024
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60 Passengers Briefly Stranded on Train in Kurobe Gorge; Mudslide Blocks Train Tunnel
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoA Kurobe Gorge Railway train is seen in 2015 in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture....
September 22, 2024
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Sushi Chains Giving Up Conveyor Belt; Some Switching to Touch-Screen Ordering to Reduce Waste, Improve Hygiene
More and more conveyor belt sushi restaurant chains have abandoned the practice of serving sushi ...
September 22, 2024
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