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Japanese man, 83, ready for more after crossing Pacific solo
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie at 83 just became the oldest person in the world to c...
June 6, 2022
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China’s Japan-foods import ban used as ‘bargaining chip’
China continues to restrict imports of Japanese foods, including a total ban on fruit and vegetables...
June 6, 2022
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Inland aquaculture offers job hope to remote Japanese island
KITA-DAITO, Okinawa — A remote island about 360 kilometers east of Okinawa’s main island is trying t...
June 5, 2022
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Hong Kongers in Tokyo raise alarm over China’s human rights issues on Tiananmen anniversary
Hong Kongers living in Japan held a vigil on a sidewalk near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Saturday e...
June 5, 2022
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Abductee Megumi’s mother still feels presence of late husband
KAWASAKI, Kanagawa, (Jiji Press) — Sakie Yokota, mother of Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea ...
June 5, 2022
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China likely conducting marine survey in Japan’s EEZ
NAHA (Jiji Press) — The Chinese ship Dong Fang Hong 3 is conducting what appears to be a marine surv...
June 5, 2022
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Dancing ‘Ojisans’ go viral among Japanese youths
WAKE, Okayama (Jiji Press) — A group of four “ojisans,” or middle-aged men, dancing in hopes of revi...
June 5, 2022
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Summer panorama
Climbers pose for a photo Saturday at the peak of the 2,899-meter Mt. Akadake in the Yatsugatake mou...
June 5, 2022
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Educational center in Kabul honoring Tetsu Nakamura faces difficulty
TEHRAN — A private academy, opened in April last year in Kabul and named after the late Tetsu Nakam...
June 5, 2022
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Interpreter for Red Army terrorist still indignant 50 years after Tel Aviv attack
It was 50 years ago on May 30 that three Japanese Red Army members opened fire with automatic weapon...
June 5, 2022
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Displaced Ukrainians worrying about future in Japan
Many of the Ukrainians who fled to Japan following Russia’s invasion of their country are voicing co...
June 4, 2022
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Oldest existing Chinese restaurant in Japan ordered to begin bankruptcy
Private research firm Teikoku Databank announced Thursday that Heichinrou Co. in Yokohama, operator ...
June 4, 2022
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Japan logs record low 810,000 births in 2021
The number of babies born in Japan in 2021 fell to 811,604, renewing a record low for the sixth cons...
June 4, 2022
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Tokyo to raise bathhouse fees
The Tokyo metropolitan government is set to raise public bathhouse fees by ¥20. A government coun...
June 4, 2022
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Scandal-hit Nihon University picks novelist Hayashi as chair
TOKYO — Nihon University said Friday that it has decided to appoint award-winning novelist Mariko Ha...
June 4, 2022
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