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Osaka Expo Participant Countries Actively Promoting Their Pavilions
OSAKA — With about four months left until the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, “Type A” participating coun...
December 13, 2024
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Toilet Troubles Force JAL, ANA Planes Back to Starting Points; Both Boeing 787-9 Models But Experienced No Common Glitches
A Japan Airlines plane and an All Nippon Airways plane both had toilet-drainage problems that cau...
December 12, 2024
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Japan’s Hibakusha Speak Of Physical, Emotional Pain Caused by A-Bomb; One Helps With Medical Skill, One With English Skill
OSLO — Two hibakusha atomic bomb survivors on Wednesday called on members of younger generations ...
December 12, 2024
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Bidding for Fin Whale Meat Reaches ¥100,000 per Kilo at Sapporo Market
Bidding for raw meat from fin whales caught off the coast of Nemuro, Hokkaido, was held at the Sa...
December 12, 2024
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Production of Kadomatsu Bamboo Decorations for New Year Reaches Peak in Japan’s Chiba Pref.
CHIBA — Workers at Soshi, a gardening company in Tonosho, Chiba Prefecture, are busy preparing ka...
December 12, 2024
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Japan Nobel Peace Prize Winner Delegation Meets Norwegian Prime Minister; Nihon Hidankyo Cochair Expresses Hope for Ban on Use of Nuclear Weapons
OSLO — Terumi Tanaka, 92, a cochair of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Suffe...
December 12, 2024
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Freight Train Derails at Sendai Station in Kagoshima Pref.; Operation at Sendai-Kumanojo Stations to Be Suspended All Day
A 12-car freight train derailed at Sendai Station on the JR Kagoshima Line in Satsumasendai, Kago...
December 12, 2024
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Risk of Nuclear Weapons Being Used Greater Than Ever; Support Growing in Russia As Ukraine War Continues
ZURICH/OSLO — Next year will mark 80 years since atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagas...
December 12, 2024
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Accepting Nobel Peace Prize, Hidankyo Cochair Tanaka Urges Unity to Head Off Nuclear Apocalypse
OSLO — Terumi Tanaka, cochair for Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers ...
December 11, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo Exec Says Receiving Nobel Peace Prize Not Goal; A-Bomb Survivor Determined to Continue Sharing Stories in English
OSLO — Masako Wada, assistant secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and ...
December 11, 2024
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Torchlight March Marks Hibakusha Group’s Nobel Win;A-Bomb Survivors, Supporters Chant, ‘No More War’
A torchlight procession to celebrate this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize was held in cent...
December 11, 2024
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A-Bomb Survivors in Japan’s Hiroshima, Nagasaki Celebrate Nobel Peace Prize Award; Hibakusha Says Honor to Receive Award, But Have to Protect Peace
Atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki watched the live stream of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan ...
December 11, 2024
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In Oslo, Hidankyo Appeals For End to Nuclear Arms; Japanese Hibakusha Group Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO — Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations) received thi...
December 11, 2024
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Bear Killed While Crossing Highway in Northern Japan; 2 Vehicles Damaged in Early Morning Accident
A bear was struck by a car while crossing a highway in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, at about 5:30 a....
December 11, 2024
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Japan’s Hibakusha Group Receives Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hi...
December 10, 2024
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