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‘Smart’ Trash Cans Cut Littering in Japan’s Former Capital Kyoto
KYOTO — “Smart” trash cans installed in the Arashiyama district of western Kyoto —once again bustlin...
November 4, 2023
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Reconstruction Festival Begins at Shurijo Castle; Procession in Traditional Costumes Made at Full Scale
The Shurijo Castle Reconstruction Festival, aimed at raising awareness of restoration work on the ca...
November 3, 2023
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Float Overturns in Shizuoka Pref.; 10-plus Injured, Including 1 Critically
A festival float carrying several people overturned in Izunokuni, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Friday. O...
November 3, 2023
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Residence Status for Japan-U.S. Gay Marriage Rejected Again
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo High Court on Thursday rejected a request by a U.S. citizen in a same...
November 3, 2023
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IAEA: 3rd Batch of Fukushima Treated Water Has Tritium Level Far Below Japan’s Operational Limit
The tritium level in the third batch of treated water, which began being released from the Fukushima...
November 2, 2023
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Summerlike Temperatures Expected Through Sunday in Japan; Mercury Climbs Over 29 C in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Summerlike temperatures of above 25 C are expected in western, central and eastern Japan from Thursd...
November 2, 2023
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Media Organization Says Copyrighted News Illegally Used to Develop Generative AI
NEW YORK — News/Media Alliance has stated that generative artificial intelligence is based on the il...
November 2, 2023
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JOC President Yasuhiro Yamashita Suffers Cervical Spine Injury
The Japanese Olympic Committee announced Thursday that JOC President Yasuhiro Yamashita has been hos...
November 2, 2023
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Victim Recounts Terror of Japan Bear Attack; 71-Year-Old Man Suffered Fractured Skull, Neck Lacerations
AOMORI — “The bear hit me right in the vital spot,” a 71-year-old man told The Yomiuri Shimbun, reco...
November 2, 2023
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Japan, South Korea Governors Vow Cooperation on Challenges
Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Pref., Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)—Japanese prefectural and South Korean provinci...
November 2, 2023
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Novelist Higashino, Poet Tawara to Receive Japan’s Medal of Honor
Tokyo, Nov. 2 (Jiji Press)—The Japanese government said Thursday that it will award the Medal of Ho...
November 2, 2023
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Bear Attacks on People Hit Record High in Japan
Tokyo, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)—The number of people attacked by bears in Japan between April and October...
November 2, 2023
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Pod of 30 Dolphins Spotted Swimming Off Coast of Kobe
A pod of dolphins was spotted near the mouth of Muko River swimming toward Kobe on Wednesday morning...
November 1, 2023
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Digital Technology Revolutionizing Urban Farming in Tokyo
Small-scale farmers in Tokyo are increasingly expanding the boundaries of agriculture through the us...
November 1, 2023
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Halloween in Tokyo Shibuya: Few Halloween Costumes in Shibuya
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, where local officials and police have been on high alert in...
November 1, 2023
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