General News
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Child Anorexia Remained High in COVID’s 3rd Year
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of children in Japan diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, an eating diso...
November 27, 2023
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Office Chairs Roll through Oita Streets in Road Race; Kyushu Univ. Students Take 1st with 124 Laps
OITA — The Isu-1 Grand Prix Oita Tsurusaki was held in Oita on Sunday, with competitors trying to ma...
November 27, 2023
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Unrelated Person’s Photo Broadcast as Suspect’s Photo on Nagoya-based TV Station
NAGOYA — Nagoya-based Tokai TV apologized Saturday for broadcasting the image of an unrelated person...
November 26, 2023
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Poll Shows 70% of Respondents Support Regulating AI Child Porn on Japan-run Websites
Seventy percent of respondents in a survey agreed that sexual images of children that were likely ge...
November 26, 2023
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Probe Finds TBS History of Special Consideration to Johnny’s
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—TBS Holdings Inc. said Sunday that a special investigation has found that the Jap...
November 26, 2023
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New Shibuya Complex to Smooth Pedestrian Movement Around Station
Shibuya Sakura Stage, one of Tokyo’s most significant high-rise developments in recent years, is set...
November 26, 2023
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Breeders of Popular Japanese Carp in Murky Waters after China Suddenly Halts Imports
The sudden and unexplained decision by China to halt imports from Japan of the popular carp known as...
November 26, 2023
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Yamato Delivery Driver Finds Minicar Sinking in River, Jumps in and Rescues Woman
Tomoya Taniguchi, 32, a deliveryman at Yamato Transport’s Tottori Chuo Office in Tottori City, recei...
November 26, 2023
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Efforts Underway to Help License Holders Get Hunting Experience
SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — With Japan facing a growing need for hunters to prevent wildlife damage to ag...
November 26, 2023
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Eleven Venomous Habu Snakes Escaped on Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Pref.; 20 Officials Searching for Them, Five Still at Large
Eleven poisonous habu snakes escaped from a display and keeping facility in Amagi on Tokunoshima Isl...
November 26, 2023
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Stomach Contents of Dead Brown Bear in Southern Hokkaido Match DNA of Deceased University Student
The stomach contents of a brown bear found dead on Mount. Daisengendake in southern Hokkaido matched...
November 25, 2023
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Inui-dori Street at the Imperial Palace Opens to Public for Autumn Viewing
Visitors stroll along Inui-dori street on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to view autumn...
November 25, 2023
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Japan Confirms Season’s First Bird Flu Case in Saga (Update 1)
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A bird flu case has been confirmed at a chicken farm in Saga Prefecture, the ag...
November 25, 2023
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Dismantled Self-Defense Force Vehicles Sold Overseas as ‘Waste’
Export paperwork procedures were conducted for at least 19 Ground Self-Defense Force high-mobility v...
November 25, 2023
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Operation of Unlicensed Taxis Rampant at Kansai Intl. Airport; Cabbies Cater to Foreign Travelers
OSAKA — The operation of unlicensed taxi services has become rampant at Kansai International Airport...
November 25, 2023
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Woman with Measles Visited Hospital in Tokyo Multiple Times Before Being Diagnosed with Disease
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