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Problems Found in 1st Year of Level 4 Self-Driving Service in Japan
EIHEIJI, Fukui (Jiji Press) — Technical and financial problems have been identified in the year s...
June 3, 2024
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Oppenheimer’s Grandson Visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park for 1st Time, Meets Atomic Bomb Survivors
HIROSHIMA — Charles Oppenheimer, a grandson of Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the deve...
June 3, 2024
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2 Japan Air Self-Defense Force Stealth Fighters Make Emergency Landings at Aomori Airport, Temporarily Closing Runway
AOMORI – Two F35A stealth fighters belonging to the Air Self-Defense Force’s Misawa Air Base in A...
June 3, 2024
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Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum Reaches One Million Visitors
Rikuzentakata, Iwate Pref., June 2 (Jiji Press) — The total number of visitors to the Iwate Tsuna...
June 3, 2024
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Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Rocks Japan’s Ishikawa Pref.; No Tsunami Expected
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.9 hit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture at 6:...
June 3, 2024
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Fine-Tuning Datasets Used in AI-Generated Sexual Images Resembling Real Children; Datasets Being Sold Online
AI training data that can be used to produce images closely resembling real children is being sol...
June 3, 2024
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Japan Towns Seek to Obtain Historic Site Status to Get on UNESCO List; Mie Pref. Towns Hope to Achieve Status by FY25
TSU — Municipalities in Mie Prefecture are working to obtain national historic site status for lo...
June 2, 2024
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New Kyoto Tourism Bus Services to Fight Overtourism; Express Service from Kyoto Station to Tourism Spots
KYOTO — The Kyoto city government on Saturday began operating bus services that only stop at majo...
June 2, 2024
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City in Osaka Pref. To Form All-Foreigner Volunteer Fire Corps; Group Will Assist Foreign Residents If Disaster Occurs
OSAKA — The government of the city of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, plans to establish a volunteer...
June 2, 2024
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Green Piano Created for 1970 Osaka Expo Likely to be Played at Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025
NARA — An emerald green grand piano manufactured for the 1970 Osaka Expo is likely to be played a...
June 2, 2024
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Girl’s Death at Railroad Crossing in Gunma Highlights Need for Alarms, Crossing Gates
MAEBASHI — A recent accident in which a 9-year-old girl was struck and killed by a train at a rai...
June 1, 2024
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Bitcoin Worth 48 Billion Yen Stolen from DMM
Tokyo, May 31 (Jiji Press) — Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin said Friday that about ...
June 1, 2024
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8 Japan Rail Firms to Switch to QR Code Tickets from End of Fiscal 2026
Eight railway operators in the Tokyo metropolitan area plan to switch from the current magnetic p...
June 1, 2024
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Man Attacked by Bear, Taken to Hospital in Niigata Pref.
NIIGATA — A man in his 50s was attacked by a 1.5 meter-long bear and suffered injuries to his fin...
May 31, 2024
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‘Nowhere in Gaza is Safe’ for Palestinians in Rafah; Getting Food, Water Also Becoming Increasingly Difficult
GAZA STRIP — The intensifying Israeli military offensive in Rafah, a southern city in the Palesti...
May 31, 2024
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