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Tokyo’s JR Yamanote Line resumes services after almost 2 hours
All services on the JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo has been suspended after a fire broke out at a nearby ...
April 15, 2022
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Bereaved man’s traffic safety message resonates with young people
It was three years ago on April 19 that an 87-year-old man accidentally ran a red light and plowed h...
April 14, 2022
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Japanese start-ups entering reforestation market
WAKAYAMA — A prolonged downturn in the timber industry has left many forests in Japan in poor condit...
April 14, 2022
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Tokyo University of Foreign Studies to offer free Ukrainian language course
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies is to offer a free online Ukrainian language course for local g...
April 14, 2022
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Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture marks 6 years since deadly quakes
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) — A ceremony was held Thursday to remember victims of a pair of deadly earthqu...
April 14, 2022
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Tohoku Shinkansen line reopens 1 week early
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) resumed operation along the entire length of the Tohoku Shinkansen ...
April 14, 2022
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Map of Japan made with gold dust from every prefecture completed after 15 years
KOFU — A museum in Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, gathered gold dust from all 47 prefectures for 15 y...
April 14, 2022
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Japanese company develops app to provide lunches to students
FUKUOKA — On a mid-March day just before breaking for spring holiday, a large group of students at F...
April 14, 2022
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Ukrainian in Japan returns home to help parents, country
TOKYO (AP) — As millions of Ukrainians fled their country, a longtime Tokyo resident did the opposit...
April 13, 2022
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Residence status established in 2019 to attract foreign workers to be issued for 1st time
A Chinese man in Gifu Prefecture is set to become the first recipient of a residence status establi...
April 13, 2022
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Books on Ukraine, Russia selling well
Books related to Ukraine and Russia are selling well in Japan, as more people apparently seek to lea...
April 13, 2022
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Hotel posts notice barring Russians, Belarusians, but later takes it down
OTSU — A hotel in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, posted a notice on its website saying it would refuse ...
April 12, 2022
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Awash in pink
Thousands of blossoming cherry trees cover the slopes of an ancient burial mound in Matsumoto, Nagan...
April 12, 2022
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Residents begin returning to Japanese town evacuated after 2011 accident at nuclear plant
TOMIOKA, Fukushima — Former residents of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, began returning Monday to ho...
April 11, 2022
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Traffic violations climbing among users of electric kick scooters
Traffic violations are on the rise as electric kick scooters gain popularity in large cities. In t...
April 11, 2022
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