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Okinawan festival held in Tokyo to commemorate 50th anniversary of return
A festival of Okinawan performing arts was recently held at the National Theatre in Chiyoda Ward, To...
May 10, 2022
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Spate of balcony falls involving children prompts Japan govt to issue safety call
To help prevent serious accidents, the Consumer Affairs Agency is calling on people to ensure young ...
May 10, 2022
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5,000 colorful peonies decorate Japan pond, delight visitors
Peony flower “rafts” float in a pond in Peony Garden Tokyo in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Saturd...
May 10, 2022
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Woman who fled Russia’s invasion eager to share Ukrainian home cooking on food truck in Shiga
OTSU — A Ukrainian woman who escaped Russia’s invasion of her country plans to start offering Ukrain...
May 10, 2022
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149-year-old among missing people declared legally dead by courts
Missing people far beyond the age of Japan’s oldest confirmed living person are not declared dead un...
May 9, 2022
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High-tech ship joins search for people still missing in Hokkaido boat tragedy
SHARI, Hokkaido — The search for missing people on the sunken Kazu I sightseeing vessel began Sunday...
May 9, 2022
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Tower Slider opens at Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka
A 60-meter slide that takes riders from the third-floor observatory of Tsutenkaku Tower to its basem...
May 9, 2022
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Musk tweet on Japan doomed by low birthrate provokes anger – but not just at him
TOKYO (Reuters) - An Elon Musk tweet saying Japan would “eventually cease to exist” without a highe...
May 9, 2022
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Homeless in Tokyo’s 23 wards over age 65 on average for 1st time
Central Tokyo’s homeless population has an average age over 65 for the first time since a metropolit...
May 9, 2022
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Returned abductee urges Diet members to make nonpartisan efforts to resolve N. Korea abduction issue
Abducted by North Korea then returned to Japan in 2002, Hitomi Soga has for 20 years been trying to ...
May 8, 2022
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Unmanned vehicle deployed in search for missing from boat
SHARI, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — An unmanned underwater vehicle was deployed Sunday in a search for 12...
May 8, 2022
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Donald Keene’s teenage writing on Flaubert shows ‘exquisite sense of literature’
A dissertation on Gustave Flaubert written by Donald Keene in his youth is introduced in a magazine ...
May 8, 2022
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Half of college juniors caring for family members worry about jobs
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Nearly half of university juniors in Japan who have provided care for family me...
May 7, 2022
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Tall order: 1,200-year-old tradition continues in Nagano Prefecture’s Suwa district
Passionate cries fill the air as hundreds of participants lug a giant fir trunk through the Suwa dis...
May 7, 2022
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Lunar probe uses eco-friendly water-powered thrusters for propulsion
Space propulsion methods are diversifying with the creation of water-powered thrusters that are safe...
May 7, 2022
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