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Top Chefs Unite to Promote Fukushima Food Products; Move Comes Amid Treated Water Release Concerns
The Japanese Culinary Academy announced Friday that it will be launching a support project for Fukus...
October 22, 2023
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Osaka 2025 Expo Venue Construction Now Seen to Cost ¥235 Billion
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — The cost of building the venue for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is now ex...
October 21, 2023
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Media Representatives Discuss Use of AI in Journalism at Singapore Symposium
SINGAPORE — Representatives from various media outlets worldwide discussed issues surrounding the us...
October 21, 2023
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Takarazuka Revue Main Theater Performances Canceled Thru Nov. 23
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Takarazuka Revue Co., an all-female musical group, said Friday it has decided t...
October 21, 2023
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Pyramids Take Center Stage at Illuminations at Nabana no Sato Park; 200m Illuminated Tunnel Guides Visitors to Vision of Egypt
Three giant pyramids adorned with LED lights were unveiled to signal the start of an illumination ev...
October 21, 2023
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Cold Winter Blast Might Blow Through Tokyo on Saturday
The temperature is set to drop on Saturday, in contrast to the high of 27.1 C observed in central To...
October 20, 2023
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Arrest of Japanese Man Stalls Momentum for Improving Japan-China Ties
TOKYO / BEIJING — China’s arrest of a Japanese national has stalled efforts to improve bilateral rel...
October 20, 2023
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Tokyo Tree Planting Honors 1920s Rescue of Polish Orphans; Children Were Brought to Japan from Siberia
Apple trees were planted Thursday to convey to future generations the history of Japan’s rescue of P...
October 20, 2023
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Japan Planetariums to Project Munich’s Sky of 1923 to Mark Centennial of Technology
To celebrate the centennial of the birth of modern planetariums on Saturday, more than 30 planetariu...
October 20, 2023
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Newspaper Convention Calls for Laws in Pursuit of ‘responsible AI’
NAGANO — Newspaper companies have called for laws and regulations in pursuit of “responsible AI” (ar...
October 20, 2023
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Amid Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Japanese Supporters Pray for Safety of Youth, Especially Ones They Have Ties With
The situation in Gaza is becoming increasingly tense as Israel prepares to launch ground operations....
October 20, 2023
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Survey: 68.3% of Toilets in Japan’s Public Elementary, Junior High Schools Are Western-Style
Nearly 70% of the toilets in public elementary and junior high schools across the country are Wester...
October 19, 2023
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IAEA-led International Team Collects Samples Off Fukushima Coast; Chinese Entity Participating in Collection for First Time
Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency and three foreign entities collected samples o...
October 19, 2023
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3 Gaza Students Who Visited Japan Get Stuck in Amman on Their Way Home Due to Conflict
Three students from the Gaza Strip who visited Tokyo and Hiroshima on a U.N. agency’s program from S...
October 19, 2023
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4 White Lions Born Last Month in Chiba Prefecture; 3 Males, 1 Female All Growing Well
Four white lions were born last month at Shonan Animal Production Inc. in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, ...
October 19, 2023
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