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Aging Parents Press for Return of Abductees from N. Korea
Sakie Yokota, whose then-13-year-old daughter Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977, cal...
August 3, 2023
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150,000 Households Left without Power by Typhoon No. 6
Large-scale power outages continue in Okinawa Prefecture as a result of a large and extremely strong...
August 3, 2023
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Dolphin Bites Swimmer at Fukui Beach
A dolphin bit a swimmer at a beach in Fukui City on Wednesday, according to the Fukui Coast Guard. ...
August 3, 2023
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Spent Nuclear Storage Facility Proposed in Yamaguchi
KAMINOSEKI, Yamaguchi (Jiji Press) — Chugoku Electric Power Co. on Wednesday proposed building an in...
August 3, 2023
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Ukrainian Artist Seeks Peace through Picture-based Storytelling
A Ukrainian artist who fled Russia’s invasion of her country has created a kamishibai picture-card s...
August 3, 2023
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Japan Seeks to Help International Visitors from Getting Heatstroke
With international visitor numbers increasing again as COVID-19 border control measures have been ea...
August 3, 2023
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Cancer Causes ¥2.86 Tril. Annual Economic Losses for Japanese People
The annual economic burden of cancer on society is estimated to be about ¥2.86 trillion, of which ab...
August 2, 2023
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Powerful Typhoon Kills Man in Okinawa Pref.
A 90-year-old man died in Okinawa Prefecture after being pinned under a garage that collapsed in st...
August 2, 2023
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Morioka’s Sansa Odori Parade Kicks Off Tohoku Festival Season
Taiko drummers parade down the street on the opening day of the Iwate Morioka Sansa Odori Festival i...
August 2, 2023
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Tokyo Logs Record 28.7 C Average Temperature in July
The average temperature in central Tokyo last month was 28.7 C, 3 C above the July average and a rec...
August 2, 2023
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‘Secret Snapper Hunters’ Arrested on Suspicion of Extorting Furtive Image-Taker
Secretly taking images up someone’s skirt constitutes a crime, but so does extorting offenders to pa...
August 2, 2023
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Job Availability Ratio Slips to 1.30
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers in June ...
August 2, 2023
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Furusato Nozei Donations Hit 3rd Year Record High
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The amount of money collected under Japan’s furusato nozei hometown donation sy...
August 2, 2023
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(UPDATE 2) JR Tokaido Line and Shonan Shinjuku Line Resume Operations
The Tokaido Line between Tokyo and Atami, and the Shonan Shinjuku Line between Shinjuku and Odawara ...
August 2, 2023
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Japan Schools Struggle to Achieve Government’s English Goals
The results of this year’s National Assessment of Academic Ability highlighted the poor English skil...
August 1, 2023
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