General News
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Japanese F-15 fighter crashes off central Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — An F-15 fighter jet of the Air Self-Defense Force’s Komatsu air base in central...
February 1, 2022
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Toasty tour
Riverboat tourists in Nagoya stay warm over the weekend with their legs under a kotatsu, a table wit...
January 31, 2022
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Japan to abolish age limit on protective custody for children
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to abolish the age limit on support for children ...
January 31, 2022
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Smartphone rentals help disadvantaged in Japan secure places to live and work
Having a smartphone and access to Wi-Fi has become an indispensable part of finding a job and a plac...
January 31, 2022
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Retro vending machines fill bellies, warm hearts
Fancy some hot noodle soup? There’s a choice of hot and fresh udon, soba and ramen. Maybe a hamburge...
January 30, 2022
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WHO investigating Japanese exec over tips on racist remarks
BERLIN (Jiji Press) — World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Sat...
January 30, 2022
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Art installation gives new perspective to old Kyoto temple
Mirrors cover the west gate’s 38 stone steps at Kiyomizudera temple, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritag...
January 30, 2022
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Straw hats get an airing under the winter sun
Straw hats are left to dry in the cold air outside the workshop of Tanaka Boshi-ten in Kasukabe, Sai...
January 29, 2022
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S. Korea protests Japan’s Sado mine World Heritage push
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — The South Korean government Friday protested Japan’s plan to recommend the Sado...
January 29, 2022
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Foreigners entering Japan down 91.8% in 2021
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of foreigners who entered Japan in 2021 plunged by 3.95 million, or ...
January 29, 2022
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Sado Gold Mine to be recommended as World Heritage site
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Friday that Japan will recommend the Sado Gold Mine as a poss...
January 28, 2022
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University student provides details of national exam ruse
The 19-year-old university student who turned herself into police said she acted alone in the suspec...
January 28, 2022
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Studio Ghibli theme park to open in November in Aichi Pref.
NAGOYA — Ghibli Park, a new theme park based on the Studio Ghibli animated films, was unveiled to th...
January 28, 2022
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¥900 mil. in taxpayer money used to demolish huge Kannon statue
AWAJI, Hyogo — Work to demolish a giant statue of the Kannon, or goddess of mercy, is underway in Aw...
January 28, 2022
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Teenager turns herself in over suspected cheating on Japan’s nationwide university exam
A 19-year-old female has turned herself in to the Kagawa Prefectural Police on Thursday in connectio...
January 27, 2022
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