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Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Peace Prize Highlights Fears of Nuclear Build-Up; Nobel Committee Head Warns of Destructive Power
LONDON — The tireless efforts of Nihon Hidankyo, or Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferer...
October 12, 2024
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Japan Group Advocated for Atomic Bomb Survivors Since Inception; Helped Shaped Worldwide Fight for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
The Yomiuri Shimbun People visit the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims in Hiroshima on Friday. The Yom...
October 12, 2024
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Japan A-Bomb Survivors Pledge to Continue Work Towards World Free of Nuclear Weapons; Nobel Peace Prize Winners Seek to Pass Experiences on to Future Generations
HIROSHIMA — After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have ren...
October 12, 2024
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Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo Wins Nobel Peace Prize; Hibakusha Group Campaigns against Nuclear Weapons (UPDATE 3)
Nihon Hidankyo, or Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, has won the 2024...
October 11, 2024
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Famous Red Gate at Univ. of Tokyo Said in Danger of Collapse in Case of Earthquake or Strong Wind; Reinforcement Work Planned
Generations of the nation's top scholars and leaders have passed through it on their way to build...
October 11, 2024
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Aomori Pref. Asked to Accept New N-Waste Delivery Proposal
Aomori (Jiji Press)—The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan on Thursday asked Aomori ...
October 10, 2024
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Man Found Bleeding to Death in Rice Field in Kyoto Pref.; Police Suspect Wild Deer Attack
A 68-year-old man was found on the ground bleeding from his torso in a rice field in Fukuchiyama,...
October 10, 2024
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Shinkansen Trains Featuring Disney Characters Begin Operating; Will Run on Tohoku-Hokkaido Line until June Next Year
East Japan Railway Co. has begun running shinkansen trains advertising Fantasy Springs, a new are...
October 10, 2024
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Helicopter Believed to be U.S. Navy’s Makes Emergency Landing on Beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Pref.
A helicopter made an emergency landing on a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Thursday mor...
October 10, 2024
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University of Tokyo Inches Up to 28th in World Rankings
London (Jiji Press)—The University of Tokyo rose by one notch from the previous year to 28th plac...
October 10, 2024
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More Than 500,000 Ceramic Coins Found in Kyoto; Such Coins Produced amid Metal Shortage during World War II
Japan Mint announced Wednesday that more than 500,000 ceramic coins, produced amid metal shortage...
October 10, 2024
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IAEA Team Catches Fish Samples Off Fukushima
IWAKI, Fukushima (Jiji Press) — An International Atomic Energy Agency team caught fish off Fukush...
October 9, 2024
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Tokyo Pottery Plant Workers Hand Paint Serpentine-Shaped Clay Bells Ahead of Year of the Snake
Workers hand paint snake-shaped dorei clay bells at the Musashino Jindaiji Gama pottery plant in ...
October 8, 2024
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Tokyo’s Shibuya, Shinjuku Ward Mayors Urge Against Public Drinking Ahead of Halloween; ‘Follow the Rules’
Shibuya Ward Mayor Ken Hasebe and Shinjuku Ward Mayor Kenichi Yoshizumi urged people against caus...
October 8, 2024
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Japan’s Architect Shigeru Ban Helps Shelter Displaced Ukrainians; Paper-Tube Walls, Refugees’ Words Displayed in Tokyo
An exhibition devised by internationally renowned architect Shigeru Ban is being held at the Toyo...
October 8, 2024
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