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Hyogo Police Chief Denies Social Media Rumor About Late Assembly Member; Says Hideaki Takeuchi Was Not Facing Arrest Before His Suicide
KOBE — The chief of the Hyogo prefectural police headquarters has denied a rumor spreading on soc...
January 21, 2025
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Survey: 80% Want to Take Leftover Restaurant Food Home
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Over 80% of people in Japan want to take their leftovers at restaurants home...
January 20, 2025
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Hyogo Governor Probe Assemblyman Found Dead; Suicide Suspected Due to Social Media Harassment
Hideaki Takeuchi, a former Hyogo prefectural assembly member who was part of a committee probing ...
January 20, 2025
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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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