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Heavy Downpour Likely to Hit Kagoshima from Monday to Tuesday
The possibility of a liner precipitation band hitting Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures is incre...
May 27, 2024
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Rice for Sake Planted on Tokyo Ginza Rooftop; Hoping to Create New Culture of Sake
Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co. employees and others plant rice for sake on the rooftop of the company...
May 27, 2024
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No. of Foreign Students Recovers to 90％ of Pre-Pandemic Level; Japanese Students Studying Abroad Also Increase Fivefold
The number of foreign students in Japan in 2023 increased by 20% from the previous year to 279,27...
May 27, 2024
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Hospitals Forced to Make ‘Anguished Decision’ on Transplants; Insufficient ICUs, Staff Cited as Key Issue in Survey
A recent survey of Japan’s three major hospitals revealed specific reasons why some organ transpl...
May 27, 2024
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Mystery-Solving Event in Tokyo’s Kabutocho Gaining Popularity
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—A mystery-solving event featuring Tokyo’s Kabutocho district and Eiichi Shibus...
May 26, 2024
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3 Major Hospitals Declined 62 Organ Transplants Last Year; Forgoing Surgeries Essentially Jumbled the Waiting List
Japan’s three major hospitals with the top organ transplant records repeatedly gave up on perform...
May 26, 2024
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Govt Must Fix Flaws in Organ Transplant System; Patients Fending Off Death Deserve Better Help
The fairness in connecting organ donors and recipients has been called into question by the recen...
May 26, 2024
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Kyoto Residence Of First Japanese Nobelist Renovated; Home Of Hideki Yukawa Will Be Public Multi-Purpose Facility
KYOTO— Renovations have now been completed on the residence in which Dr. Hideki Yukawa (1907-81) ...
May 26, 2024
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Guns May Be Allowed Against Bears In Residential Areas; Environment Ministry Panel Urges Exception To Current Ban
A law on hunting should be revised to allow the use of guns against bears that enter residential ...
May 25, 2024
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AI Cannot Be ‘Inventor’ of Creative Works, Says Govt’s Draft IP Plan; Approach to AI Use of Actors’ Voices to Be Reviewed
Even if AI is used in a creative work, a human being must be the “inventor” of the work, accordin...
May 25, 2024
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Foreign Tourists to Kyoto Confused by Mistranslations, Inappropriate Expressions in Signs; Tourism Association Calls for Improvements
KYOTO — About 500 locations, including hotels and restaurants, in Kyoto had foreign-language info...
May 24, 2024
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30 Deaths Officially Recognized as Noto Quake-Related
KANAZAWA (Jiji Press) — The Ishikawa prefectural government said Thursday that 30 applications fo...
May 24, 2024
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98.1 ％ of New College Graduates in Japan Employed in April
Tokyo, May 24 (Jiji Press) — A record 98.1 pct of people in Japan who graduated from university i...
May 24, 2024
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Bodies of Woman and 3 Children Found After House Fire in Tokyo; 1 Man Found Alive, Taken To Hospital For Smoke Inhalation
A fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in a two-story house in the Togoshi area of Shinagawa ...
May 23, 2024
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Wings of 2 JAL Planes Collide at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport; No Injuries Reported But Flight from Haneda to New Chitose Cancelled
The left wingtip of JAL Flight 503, with 328 passengers and crew on board, collided with the righ...
May 23, 2024
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