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Caiman Reptile Feeding Experience Curbed over Weight Issues
A reptile house in Saitama Prefecture has had to limit a popular feeding experience for its caimans ...
September 17, 2023
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Tokyo’s Nightlife District Kabukicho Declares War on Rats; Shinjuku to Allocate Funds to Combat Rat Population
The government of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward will launch an operation to eliminate rats from its Kabukich...
September 17, 2023
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Tokyo Clinic Helps IVF Offspring Make Contact with Sperm Donors
A baby conceived through in vitro fertilization with sperm from a donor who consented to share his c...
September 16, 2023
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JAXA Astronaut Furukawa Discusses 2nd Stay on ISS
JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa spoke about how he has adjusted to living on the International Space...
September 16, 2023
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GSDF Osprey to Hold Drill to Transport Wounded in Okinawa
NAHA (Jiji Press) — The Ground Self-Defense Force said Thursday that it will conduct in October a dr...
September 15, 2023
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Japanese Performer Yoshiki has Hand, Footprints Cemented in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — The hand and footprints of Yoshiki, the leader of rock band X Japan, were cemented in ...
September 15, 2023
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UNESCO Gives Positive Evaluation on Japan’s Efforts for Exhibit over Wartime Labor on Gunkanjima
PARIS — The UNESCO World Heritage Committee adopted a resolution in Riyadh on Thursday that gave a p...
September 15, 2023
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Japan’s Bigmotor to Consider Selling Itself as Option
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Scandal-tainted Japanese used car dealer Bigmotor Co. will consider drastic busin...
September 15, 2023
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Ex-Members Caution Companies over Rush to Pull Johnny’s Ads
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A group of former Johnny & Associates Inc. members Thursday cautioned companies...
September 15, 2023
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Discussions to Begin On Restarting Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant; Prefecture to Refer to Experts’ Review of Fukushima Accident
NIIGATA — Niigata Prefecture will begin full-fledged discussions on restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariw...
September 14, 2023
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Name Unveiled for Food, Spa Complex to Open by Tokyo’s Toyosu Market in 2024
The leisure complex to open on Feb. 1 next year just outside the Toyosu Market in Koto Ward, Tokyo, ...
September 14, 2023
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Van Driven by 75-year-old Kills 2, Injures 1 at Senior Care Facility
SAITAMA — A van driven by a 75-year-old ran over three people in the parking lot of a senior day car...
September 14, 2023
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Ex-SDF Member Gonoi Makes Time Magazine’s Next 100 List
New York (Jiji Press)—Former Japanese Self-Defense Forces member Rina Gonoi, who has claimed that sh...
September 14, 2023
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Suga Says Ties with India Vital to Rules-Based Intl Order; Yomiuri-Organized Forum Covers Economy, Geopolitics
Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga underscored the importance of strengthening Japan-India relatio...
September 13, 2023
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Movie Director, Revels in Feat of Winning Silver Lion at Venice
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, the director of “Aku wa Sonzai Shinai” (“Evil Does Not Exist”), opened up about t...
September 13, 2023
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Fire Damages 170 Buildings in Oita, Western Japan
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