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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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Japan’s National Assessment Shows Students Struggling to Speak English
Japan’s third-year junior high school students are having trouble speaking English, according to the...
August 1, 2023
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Lightning Halts All Departures at Haneda Airport in Japan
All domestic and international departures at Haneda Airport were temporarily suspended Tuesday due t...
August 1, 2023
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(UPDATE 1) Warner Bros. apologizes for positive response to images linking “Barbie,” A-bomb
The Japan distributor of the movie “Barbie” has apologized for the positive response from the movie’...
August 1, 2023
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Semiconductor Shortage Hits Operators of Japanese IC Travel Cards
Transport operators in the Tokyo metropolitan area have had to curb the issuance of Pasmo and Suica ...
August 1, 2023
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