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China Says Holding Japanese Man in Beijing for Spying
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — China is detaining a Japanese man in Beijing on suspicion of espionage, Chine...
March 28, 2023
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Twin Toddlers Die in Fall from Apartment Window in Nagoya
NAGOYA — A pair of 2-year-old twin brothers have died after falling from a condominium window in Nak...
March 28, 2023
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Octogenarian Starts 1,000-kilometer Trek to Support Cancer Patients, 2011 Disaster Victims
HACHINOHE, Aomori — The 81-year-old head of the Japan Cancer Society set off on a 1,000-kilometer tr...
March 28, 2023
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Tokyo Restaurants Offer Ukrainian Evacuees Jobs – and Sense of Purpose
Two restaurants in Tokyo that employ evacuees from Ukraine and serve traditional home-style dishes f...
March 28, 2023
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Children’s Day Ceramics Ready for Shipment in Aichi Pref.
Workers at a ceramics manufacturer in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, examine porcelain ornaments for Childr...
March 28, 2023
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Online Passport Renewal Applications Start in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s revised passport law took effect Monday, making online applications for...
March 28, 2023
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‘March 11 Newborns’ in Disaster-Stricken Areas Turn 12 Years Old
Twelve years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. So many people wer...
March 28, 2023
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Japan WBC Hero Munetaka Murakami’s Model Baseball Bat Joins List of Tax Donation Gifts
GIFU — World Baseball Classic champion Japan made it to the final thanks to a mighty swing of the ba...
March 27, 2023
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Japan’s Job-Hunting Students Reluctant to Remove Masks
With job-hunting season now underway for university students, many are wondering what to do about we...
March 27, 2023
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3 Die, 1 in Critical Condition in 5-Car Accident on Expressway in Mie Prefecture
Three people died and one person fell in critical condition in a traffic accident involving five veh...
March 27, 2023
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Retirement Age to Rise to 61 for Civil Servants
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The retirement age of national and local civil servants in Japan will be raise...
March 27, 2023
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New Supercomputer to Improve Torrential Rainfall Forecasts
The Japan Meteorological Agency held a press viewing of a new supercomputer for predicting the occur...
March 27, 2023
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Home Remodeling Taking Off in Japan amid Condo High Prices
People are increasingly remodeling their homes amid skyrocketing prices for new condominiums and th...
March 27, 2023
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Clinical Tests of Drugs to Treat Familial Alzheimer’s to Begin This Year
A team of researchers from Niigata University and the University of Tokyo will begin clinical tests ...
March 26, 2023
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Japan’s School Boards Face Staffing Woes to Cope with Reform of Extracurricular Activities
Securing enough coaches and advisers from outside the faculty for extracurricular activities at publ...
March 26, 2023
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