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Shinkansen Trains Featuring Disney Characters Begin Operating; Will Run on Tohoku-Hokkaido Line until June Next Year
East Japan Railway Co. has begun running shinkansen trains advertising Fantasy Springs, a new are...
October 10, 2024
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Helicopter Believed to be U.S. Navy’s Makes Emergency Landing on Beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Pref.
A helicopter made an emergency landing on a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Thursday mor...
October 10, 2024
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University of Tokyo Inches Up to 28th in World Rankings
London (Jiji Press)—The University of Tokyo rose by one notch from the previous year to 28th plac...
October 10, 2024
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More Than 500,000 Ceramic Coins Found in Kyoto; Such Coins Produced amid Metal Shortage during World War II
Japan Mint announced Wednesday that more than 500,000 ceramic coins, produced amid metal shortage...
October 10, 2024
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IAEA Team Catches Fish Samples Off Fukushima
IWAKI, Fukushima (Jiji Press) — An International Atomic Energy Agency team caught fish off Fukush...
October 9, 2024
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Tokyo Pottery Plant Workers Hand Paint Serpentine-Shaped Clay Bells Ahead of Year of the Snake
Workers hand paint snake-shaped dorei clay bells at the Musashino Jindaiji Gama pottery plant in ...
October 8, 2024
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Tokyo’s Shibuya, Shinjuku Ward Mayors Urge Against Public Drinking Ahead of Halloween; ‘Follow the Rules’
Shibuya Ward Mayor Ken Hasebe and Shinjuku Ward Mayor Kenichi Yoshizumi urged people against caus...
October 8, 2024
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Japan’s Architect Shigeru Ban Helps Shelter Displaced Ukrainians; Paper-Tube Walls, Refugees’ Words Displayed in Tokyo
An exhibition devised by internationally renowned architect Shigeru Ban is being held at the Toyo...
October 8, 2024
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North Korean Abductee Megumi Yokota Turns 60 Years Old; Fellow Prisoner Expresses Anger, Regret Over Her Fate
Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korean agents at the age of 13, turned 60 on Saturday. Y...
October 7, 2024
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Rise of Spot Work Schemes Leading to Scams in Japan
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—The growing popularity in Japan of “spot work” staffing arrangements, which en...
October 7, 2024
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A Decade after Mt. Ontake’s Eruption, Only 5 Prefectures Oblige Climbers to Submit Climbing Plans
A decade after the volcanic eruption of Mt. Ontake, located on the prefectural border of Nagano a...
October 7, 2024
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Shizuoka, Yamanashi Governors Inspect Boring Survey for Linear Shinkansen Construction; Survey Proceeding Well
HAYAKAWA, Yamanashi — The governors of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures on Saturday inspected a...
October 6, 2024
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Service Sector Welcomes Tokyo’s Ordinance Targeting ‘Customer Harassment’; Challenge Remains to Ensure Intended Effect
The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly’s enactment of the nation’s first ordinance banning so-called cus...
October 6, 2024
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Private War Archive Museums Disappearing in Japan Due to Owners’ Aging, Financial Difficulties; Hiroshima, Nagasaki Museums See Record Visitor Numbers
Private war archive museums, established by individual war survivors to pass their memories of th...
October 6, 2024
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Male Giraffe in Japan’s Aichi Will be Sent to Indonesian Zoo for Breeding; Farewell Event Planned in October
NAGOYA — A one-year-old male giraffe, born at a zoo in Aichi Prefecture, will soon be sent to a z...
October 5, 2024
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