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Truck Crashes into Bus Carrying Foreign Students, Killing 3
Three people were killed after a large truck crashed into a stationary bus on the hard shoulder of t...
May 17, 2023
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94％ in Japan’s Performing Arts Industry Concerned about AI
About 94% of respondents in the performing arts industry said they were “concerned” about the negati...
May 17, 2023
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Aoi Festival Returns to Kyoto after Pandemic Hiatus
Some 510 people wearing costumes of the Heian period (794 to late 12th century) walk along a tree-li...
May 16, 2023
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Govt Did Not Explain AI’s Copyright Risks Ahead of Law Revision
Ahead of a legal revision that made it possible for copyrighted material to be used to train artific...
May 16, 2023
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French Artist Calls for Peace With Painting in Tokyo
A painting promoting a message of peace has been unveiled on the grass at Gyoen National Garden in S...
May 16, 2023
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Hokkaido Man Reported Missing; Possible Bear Attack
ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido — A 54-year-old fisherman was reported missing on Sunday. A person related to a ...
May 16, 2023
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Crane Truck Overturns at Construction Site in Tokyo, Killing One Person
At around 9:55 a.m. on Tuesday, a crane truck overturned at a nursing home construction site in Oi, ...
May 16, 2023
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Customs Fails to Collect ¥2.1 Billion in Consumption Tax from Visitors to Japan in FY22
Japan’s customs authorities were unable to collect about ¥2.1 billion in consumption tax last fiscal...
May 16, 2023
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Japan’s Top Bonito Port Gets 1st Catch of Season
KESENNUMA, Miyagi — The season’s first bonito catch was landed at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on M...
May 16, 2023
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President of Top Entertainment Agency Apologizes over Alleged Sexual Abuse by Late Founder
The president of major entertainment agency Johnny & Associates Inc. offered an apology in a video r...
May 15, 2023
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Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency Completes Relocation to Kyoto
The Cultural Affairs Agency, which began moving the bulk of its divisions from Tokyo to Kyoto in Mar...
May 15, 2023
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Astronaut Furukawa ‘Regaining Initial Mindset’ in Training for ISS Stay
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) opened to the press astronaut Satoshi Furukawa’s train...
May 13, 2023
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Earthquake hit Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Pref.
An earthquake hit the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at around 4 p.m. on Saturday....
May 13, 2023
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Garden of 10,000 Roses Blooms in Chiba Pref.
Visitors delight in the many colors of roses now blooming at the Keisei Rose Garden in Yachiyo, Chib...
May 13, 2023
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Tokyo Open-air Theater Where Frank Sinatra Sang to Be Rebuilt
Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall, Japan’s first large open-air theater, is set to close and be rebuilt d...
May 13, 2023
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