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10-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured When Metal Fence Collapsed in Koshigaya, Saitama Pref.
KOSHIGAYA, Saitama — A fence stretching for about 14 meters collapsed onto a 10-year-old boy in a...
June 13, 2024
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Remote-Controlled Pegasus; Drones Depict Pegasus in Kyoto Night Sky
About 500 drones form a giant depiction of Pegasus in the sky above the Heian Jingu shrine in Kyo...
June 13, 2024
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Fans Use Ads at Stations, Aboard Trains to Show Support for Stars; Stations, Companies Embrace New, Growing Market
YOKOHAMA — Fans hanging up advertisements at places like train stations to support their favorite...
June 13, 2024
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Gifu Prefecture Issues Bear Warning After Woman was Attacked; Bear Location Remains Unconfirmed
GERO, Gifu — A woman in her 80s suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the hospital afte...
June 13, 2024
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Organ Transplants in Japan Concentrated at Certain Hospitals; Experts Seek Greater Coordination to Ensure Fair Provision
Organ donations in Japan are complicated by the fact that they are concentrated at certain hospit...
June 13, 2024
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Misting System Cools Down Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills; Temperatures in Tokyo Expected to Reach Over 30 C This Week
People keep cool while walking under a misting system at the Roppongi Hills complex in Minato War...
June 12, 2024
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Seafood Consumption in Japan Falls to All-time Low, as People Eat More Meat
The nation’s seafood consumption has fallen to the lowest level on record, with annual per capita...
June 12, 2024
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Nagasaki Photos Taken Day After A-bombing Discovered Among Items Bought by Japanese Man at U.S. Auction
Photographs that captured the devastation of Nagasaki on Aug. 10, 1945, — the day after the atomi...
June 12, 2024
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Driver’s License Renewal Center for Elderly Opens in Saitama
SAITAMA (Jiji Press) — In a bid to deal with a growing number of elderly drivers, Saitama prefect...
June 12, 2024
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Japan Ranks 118th in Global Gender Gap Report; Up From Previous Year
Japan ranked 118th out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2024, up from 125th in th...
June 12, 2024
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2 Women Arrested in Hokkaido for Allegedly Killing 17-year-old Girl; Likely Caused Victim’s Fall from Bridge after Online trouble (UPDATE1)
Hokkaido prefectural police have arrested two women, 21 and 19 years old, on suspicion of murderi...
June 12, 2024
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Bear Attacks Woman in Central Japan; Woman Taken to Hospital with Head Injury
A bear attacked an 80-year-old woman on Tuesday evening in Gero, Gifu Prefecture. She sustained a...
June 12, 2024
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JR Chuo Line Partially Suspended Due to Accident
JR Chuo Line service has been partially suspended due to an accident, according to East Japan Ra...
June 12, 2024
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Ceremony to Remember Victims of Sunken Turkish Naval Ship Held in Japan’s Kushimoto; Ship Sank in 1890 During Storm
WAKAYAMA ― A ceremony to remember the victims of a sunken Turkish naval ship was held in the Kash...
June 12, 2024
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Tokyo Univ. Hospital, National Medical Center Declined 16 Heart Donations Last Year; Staff, Bed Shortages Cited as Reasons
The University of Tokyo Hospital declined 15 heart donations from brain-dead donors, and the Nati...
June 11, 2024
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