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Dinosaurs Get Ready for Summer Show in 3 Japan Cities
A show featuring large, lifelike dinosaurs stomping and battling on stage will be held in Yokohama, ...
July 27, 2023
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JAXA’s Satoshi Furukawa Expresses Enthusiasm to Work in Space ‘One More Time’ Ahead of Flight to ISS in August
Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa expressed his enthusiasm for space exploration Wednesday ahead of his mis...
July 27, 2023
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Companies Make Personalized Products for Foreign Visitors
With Japan’s centuries-old culture of using hanko seals to stamp documents in decline due to digitiz...
July 27, 2023
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Regional Areas Lose Demographic Tailwind as Pandemic Fades
COVID-19 prompted a significant number of people to move away from Tokyo to avoid the close human co...
July 26, 2023
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U.N. Experts Conduct Hearings over Johnny’s Sexual Abuse
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Visiting experts from the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday conducted hearin...
July 26, 2023
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Victims of 2016 Care Home Attack Remembered
SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa (Jiji Press) — A memorial ceremony was held Wednesday for the 19 people killed ...
July 26, 2023
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Messages by G7 Leaders, Zelenskyy Displayed in Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA — Guest-book entries signed by world leaders at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum during...
July 26, 2023
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(UPDATE 2) Hatoyama, Saitama Pref. 39.5 C: Heat Wave Continues in Many Areas Wednesday
Record-breaking heat continued across Japan on Wednesday. According to the Japan Meteorological Age...
July 26, 2023
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Sweet, Crispy Taste of Summer
Obanazawa Suika watermelons are checked before shipping at a Japan Agricultural Cooperatives facilit...
July 26, 2023
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Japanese Population Falls in All 47 Prefectures
Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)—An internal affairs ministry survey showed Wednesday that the number of ...
July 26, 2023
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Tokyo Govt Staff Study Sign Language Ahead of 2025 Deaflympics
The Tokyo metropolitan government held a sign language workshop on Monday for its employees who will...
July 26, 2023
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Illness Caused by Outing Ruled Work-Related
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The labor authorities have ruled that a man developed mental illness because hi...
July 25, 2023
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Japan logs temperatures of 35 C or higher at 161 locations
High atmospheric pressure caused temperatures to rise to 35 C or more across the Japanese archipelag...
July 25, 2023
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Rainy Season Ends in Northern Kyushu
The rainy season is believed to have ended in the northern part of Kyushu, the Japan Meteorologica...
July 25, 2023
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Public Workers Allowed to Harvest Cherries as Side Job in Yamagata Pref.
YAMAGATA — Local governments in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan’s largest producer of cherries, are incre...
July 25, 2023
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