General News
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Yuzu harvest season comes to Tochigi Pref.
Yuzu citrus fruit is harvested in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture. Yuzu farmer Fukusaburo Ishikawa, 80, w...
November 16, 2022
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‘Ocean diamonds’ offer buyers chance to leave environment sparkling
So-called third diamonds, which divers harvest from the ocean floor, are set to make full-on landfal...
November 16, 2022
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4-year-old boy falls to his death after accidentally locking mother out of apartment
Hachinohe, AOMORI — A 4-year-old boy was found Sunday on the ground outside a municipal housing comp...
November 15, 2022
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Governors aim to help end overemphasis on Tokyo
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—Nearly half of Japan’s 47 prefectural governors formed a group this month amid fr...
November 15, 2022
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IAEA starts 2nd safety check for planned Fukushima water release
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—A visiting team of the International Atomic Energy Agency started Monday a survey...
November 15, 2022
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Page views surge at Hyogo Pref. police web page on crowd control
The number of page views of a crowd control manual created by the Hyogo prefectural police and poste...
November 15, 2022
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Ukrainian in Japan creates job hunting space in metaverse
Elizaveta Korotkova, 23, a web designer who fled from a Kyiv suburb to Nagoya following the Russian ...
November 15, 2022
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Magnitude 4.2 earthquake hits Japan’s Ishikawa Pref.
An earthquake with estimated magnitude of 4.2 occurred in the Noto area of Ishikawa Prefecture at ar...
November 14, 2022
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake rocks Japan’s Kanto region
An earthquake with estimated magnitude of 6.1 occurred at a depth of about 350 kilometers off the co...
November 14, 2022
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2-year-old girl dies after being left in car for 9 hours in Osaka Prefecture
OSAKA — A 2-year-old girl died Saturday after her father left her in a car in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefe...
November 14, 2022
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Tokyo High Court cancels all trials for 1.5 hours over bomb threat
The Tokyo High Court cancelled all trials scheduled from 1 p.m. to 2:29 p.m. Monday after receiving ...
November 14, 2022
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Miyagi facility gets people thinking about disaster reaction
MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi — “What would you do?” is a question that visitors are asked when visiting th...
November 14, 2022
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2-year-old girl dies after being left in car in Osaka Prefecture
OSAKA — A 2-year-old girl has died after she was left in a car in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, accor...
November 13, 2022
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23-year-old Japanese begins round-the-world yacht journey
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo (Jiji Press) — A 23-year-old man set sail from Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, wes...
November 13, 2022
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Nothing fishy about govt team-up with businesses to boost seafood consumption
As changing dietary habits see people eating less fish, the government has teamed up with food manuf...
November 13, 2022
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