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Double-flowered Cherry Blossoms Reach Peak in Central Tokyo Park
Visitors admire cherry blossoms and take photographs at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Shinjuku W...
April 8, 2023
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Colorful Carp Streamers Fly at Foot of Tokyo Tower
Colorful carp streamers, many decorated with a child-friendly theme, fly at the foot of Tokyo Tower ...
April 8, 2023
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Removal of Dead Whale ‘Yodo-Chan’ Cost Osaka City over ¥80 million
The cost of removing a whale that died after straying into the Yodo River estuary via Osaka Bay in J...
April 8, 2023
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Search Continues for Missing GSDF Helicopter, Crew
An uninflated life raft found in waters off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture had been on the Grou...
April 7, 2023
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Payments at 2025 Osaka Expo to Be Limited to Cashless
Osaka (Jiji Press)—The 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka will accept only cas...
April 7, 2023
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1-Year-Old Japanese Girl Heads to U.S. for Heart Transplant
A 1-year-old girl from Tokyo left for the United States with her parents on March.30 to undergo a he...
April 7, 2023
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Police Want GaaSyy’s Social Media Accounts Frozen While Seeking Arrest
Disgraced former House of Councillors member Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy and ...
April 6, 2023
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Wild Opium Poppies on Awaji Island Concern Narcotics Authorities
SUMOTO, Hyogo — The number of wild opium poppies found on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, last year ...
April 6, 2023
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U.N. Panel Raps N. Korea’s Human Rights Abuses
PARIS (Jiji Press) — The U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution strongly condemni...
April 6, 2023
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Damage Inside Nuclear Reactor Feared Greater than Assumed
Damage to the interior of a support structure at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant may extend ...
April 5, 2023
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Ryuichi Sakamoto Composed Anthem for Tokushima College before He Died
The school song of a new vocational college in Kamiyama, Tokushima Prefecture, has been credited to ...
April 5, 2023
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Ex-Top Bureaucrat Admits to Personnel Meddling at Company
Tokyo, April 4 (Jiji Press)—Former Japanese vice transport minister Masaru Honda has admitted to pre...
April 5, 2023
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40% of Japan Nursery Schools Fall Short of Capacity
At least 40% of nursery schools in urban areas failed to meet their April 2023 enrollment quota, due...
April 5, 2023
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Osaka Expo to Be Cashless
The 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo will be cashless, utilizing a dedicated electronic money app called the E...
April 5, 2023
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Japan Sushi Chefs Heading Overseas with Eye on Higher Incomes, New Lifestyles
More and more Japanese nationals are seeking overseas employment that outstrips domestic remuneratio...
April 5, 2023
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