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Young Shogi Talent Sota Fujii Wins His Fourth Consecutive Oi Title with 4-1 Victory over Daichi Sasaki; Keeping His Seven Titles
Shogi genius Sota Fujii won Wednesday the fourth game of the best-of-seven Oi title series played in...
August 23, 2023
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Japan Students Deliver 620,000 Antinuclear Signatures to U.N.
PARIS (Jiji Press) — A group of high school students from Japan visited the U.N. European headquarte...
August 23, 2023
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Bereaved Families Facing Longer Waits for Cremations in Japan
According to a June survey, bereaved family members had to wait for as long as six to eight days to...
August 23, 2023
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Outline of Tokyo Deaflympic Games 2025 Established
The outline of the Deaflympic Games in Japan in 2025 was decided Tuesday by the Tokyo metropolitan g...
August 23, 2023
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3 Accused over Sexual Assault of S. Korean DJ Soda at Osaka Music Event
OSAKA — An Osaka-based event-management company filed criminal accusations Monday with the Osaka pre...
August 22, 2023
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Cattle-attacking Bear Culled in Hokkaido
SAPPORO — A brown bear believed to have attacked 66 cattle in eastern Hokkaido has been culled, Hokk...
August 22, 2023
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Kurdish Family in Japan Faces Return to Quake-hit Turkey over Visa Issue
SAITAMA — A Kurdish family that came to Japan following a major earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria...
August 21, 2023
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Season’s 1st Saury Fetches ￥200,000 Per Kilogram at Toyosu Martket
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — This season’s first batch of saury, also called sanma, fetched a new record who...
August 21, 2023
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Baby Elephant Born at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo
19-year-old Asian elephant Pearl and her newborn baby stand together at the Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in ...
August 21, 2023
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Radiation Checks Thought Behind Fall in China Fish Imports from Japan
BEIJING — Chinese imports of fresh fish from Japan in July — excluding fillets — fell to 22.63 mill...
August 21, 2023
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Work of Architect Tange a Bridge Between Japan, North Macedonia
Japan and North Macedonia will mark the 30th anniversary of their establishment of diplomatic relat...
August 21, 2023
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Dozens of Cars Burn in Pachinko Parlor Parking Lot Fire in Kanagawa Pref.
At least several dozens of cars were burnt at the two-story parking lot of a pachinko parlor in Atsu...
August 21, 2023
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Japan PM Intends to Meet Head of Fisheries Cooperative to Discuss Release of Treated Water
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday expressed his intention to meet with Masanobu Sakamoto, head...
August 20, 2023
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Victims Mourned 9 Years after Deadly Landslides in Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press) — A ceremony was held in Hiroshima on Saturday to mourn for the 77 people who...
August 20, 2023
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Colorized Photos of 1923 Tokyo Quake to Be on Display
Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)—A University of Tokyo professor is working on a project to colorize pho...
August 20, 2023
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