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  • TEPCO Begins Discharging Fukushima N-Plant Treated Water

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    August 24, 2023

  • TEPCO Announces Release of Treated Water into Ocean Thursday Afternoon (UPDATE 1)

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    August 24, 2023

  • Over 90% of Foreign Tourists Satisfied with Tokyo: Language Barrier Still an Issue, But Cuisine Highly Praised

    More than 90% of foreign tourists who visited Tokyo said they felt satisfied during their stays and...

    August 24, 2023

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  • Young Shogi Talent Sota Fujii Wins His Fourth Consecutive Oi Title with 4-1 Victory over Daichi Sasaki; Keeping His Seven Titles

    Shogi genius Sota Fujii won Wednesday the fourth game of the best-of-seven Oi title series played in...

    August 23, 2023

  • Japan Students Deliver 620,000 Antinuclear Signatures to U.N.

    PARIS (Jiji Press) — A group of high school students from Japan visited the U.N. European headquarte...

    August 23, 2023

  • Bereaved Families Facing Longer Waits for Cremations in Japan

    According to a June survey, bereaved family members had to wait for as long as six to eight days to...

    August 23, 2023

  • Outline of Tokyo Deaflympic Games 2025 Established

    The outline of the Deaflympic Games in Japan in 2025 was decided Tuesday by the Tokyo metropolitan g...

    August 23, 2023

  • 3 Accused over Sexual Assault of S. Korean DJ Soda at Osaka Music Event

    OSAKA — An Osaka-based event-management company filed criminal accusations Monday with the Osaka pre...

    August 22, 2023

  • Cattle-attacking Bear Culled in Hokkaido

    SAPPORO — A brown bear believed to have attacked 66 cattle in eastern Hokkaido has been culled, Hokk...

    August 22, 2023

    #Hokkaido #Bear Attacks
  • Kurdish Family in Japan Faces Return to Quake-hit Turkey over Visa Issue

    SAITAMA — A Kurdish family that came to Japan following a major earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria...

    August 21, 2023

  • Season’s 1st Saury Fetches ¥200,000 Per Kilogram at Toyosu Martket

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — This season’s first batch of saury, also called sanma, fetched a new record who...

    August 21, 2023

  • Baby Elephant Born at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo

    19-year-old Asian elephant Pearl and her newborn baby stand together at the Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in ...

    August 21, 2023

  • Radiation Checks Thought Behind Fall in China Fish Imports from Japan

    BEIJING — Chinese imports of fresh fish from Japan in July — excluding fillets — fell to 22.63 mill...

    August 21, 2023

  • Work of Architect Tange a Bridge Between Japan, North Macedonia

    Japan and North Macedonia will mark the 30th anniversary of their establishment of diplomatic relat...

    August 21, 2023

  • Dozens of Cars Burn in Pachinko Parlor Parking Lot Fire in Kanagawa Pref.

    At least several dozens of cars were burnt at the two-story parking lot of a pachinko parlor in Atsu...

    August 21, 2023

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