General News
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Impacts of Japanese Boy’s Fatal Stabbing in China Still Being Felt, One Month On; Japan Continues to Press China for Information on Shenzhen Case
One month after a 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, s...
October 18, 2024
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Shibuya Station Hachiko Statue to be Blocked by Screens for Halloween Period; Ward Officials Hope to Reduce Chaos of Celebrations
The iconic Hachiko dog statue at Tokyo’s Shibuya Station will be surrounded by barriers during th...
October 18, 2024
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Bus Carrying Japanese Tourists Overturns in Turkey
Istanbul (Jiji Press)—A bus carrying 20 Japanese tourists and a guide overturned on a major road ...
October 18, 2024
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Suspected Unexploded Bomb Found at Building Demolition Site in Central Nagoya
NAGOYA — A suspicious object, possibly an unexploded bomb, was found at a construction site in th...
October 17, 2024
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Japan’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Group Hidankyo Prepares to Give Lecture; Receives Invitation to December Award Ceremony in Oslo
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bo...
October 17, 2024
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Chilean Woman under Fire after Pull-Ups on Torii Shrine Gate
Sao Paulo (Jiji Press) — A Chilean woman has faced criticisms after posting a video on Instagram ...
October 17, 2024
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6 Matsutake Mushrooms from Hyogo Pref.’s Tambasasayama Sell for ¥960,000 at Auction; Mushrooms Arrived 2 Weeks Late
The first auction of the season for Tambasasayama matsutake mushrooms, a representative autumn de...
October 16, 2024
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Record Number of Mycoplasma Pneumonia Patients Observed; Coughing May Continue for 3-4 Weeks After Fever Subsides
Mycoplasma pneumonia, a disease common among children, was diagnosed at a rate of 1.94 per medica...
October 16, 2024
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JICA Employee Suspected of Leaking Info on ODA Project in Manila; Bidding for Railway Renovation May Have Been Impacted
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe Metro Rail Transit Line 3, whose rehabilitation project is supported t...
October 16, 2024
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Aichi Expo Mascots Pass Baton to 2025 Successor Myaku-myaku; Judo Gold Medalist Hifumi Abe Offers Boost
With six months to go until the Osaka-Kansai Expo, commemorative events were held in Tokyo and Os...
October 15, 2024
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Sento Eye Foreign Tourists, Teaching Bathing Rules
“Don’t use your smartphone.” Kenshi Naito, an employee of Daikokuyu, a sento public bathhouse in ...
October 15, 2024
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Japan’s Hakamata Makes 1st Public Appearance Since Acquittal
SHIZUOKA (Jiji Press) — Former Japanese death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata, acquitted in a retrial 58...
October 14, 2024
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TEPCO Ends 5th Round of Treated Water Discharge for FY 2024
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday that it has completed t...
October 14, 2024
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Biden Congratulates Nihon Hidankyo on Nobel Peace Prize
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday congratulated the Japan Confederatio...
October 14, 2024
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Israel Ambassador Criticizes Hidankyo Cochair Remarks Comparing Gaza with Post-war Japan; ‘Outrageous and Baseless’
JERUSALEM — The Israeli ambassador to Japan criticized remarks comparing the Palestinian territor...
October 14, 2024
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