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Wild Boar Injures 5 People in Nagasaki Pref. City
OMURA, Nagasaki — Five people, including a man in his 30s, were attacked Sunday by a wild boar in a...
June 12, 2023
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Tohoku ‘Revitalization Tours’ See Numbers Rebound
“Revitalization tourism,” in which people visit ruins left by the Great East Japan Earthquake and re...
June 12, 2023
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Trains Suspended by Sunday’s Quake in Hokkaido
An earthquake hit Chitose and other areas in Hokkaido at around 6:55 p.m. Sunday, registering an int...
June 12, 2023
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Russian Businesswoman Supports Ukrainian Who Fled to Japan
NIIGATA — A Russian businesswoman living in Japan has become a guarantor for a Ukrainian national wh...
June 12, 2023
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San Francisco Museum Adds Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule to Collection
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has added to its collection part of a once-futuristic buildin...
June 11, 2023
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Japan Govt Seeks Fishers’ Understanding over N-Plant Water Release
MITO (Jiji Press) — Industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura met with local fisheries industry represen...
June 11, 2023
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Measles Outbreak Feared in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Experts are calling on people to get vaccinated against measles, citing concern...
June 11, 2023
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100-Year-Old Japanese Master Conducts Tea Ceremony in Sydney
SYDNEY (Jiji Press) — Japanese tea master Sen Genshitsu, 100, conducted a tea ceremony in Sydney on ...
June 11, 2023
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Dentsu’s Complacency Said Behind Games Bid-Rigging Scandal
Dentsu Group Inc. has announced a third-party investigative panel’s report that ascribes the company...
June 10, 2023
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My Number Points Awarded to Wrong Cardholders 173 Times
My Number reward points might have been mistakenly awarded to the wrong cardholders 173 times in 133...
June 10, 2023
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Japan Photographers Flock to See Shrine Owl Chick
An owlet stares down from a tree branch at Nogi Shrine in Nogi, Tochigi Prefecture. A pair of owls h...
June 10, 2023
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Japanese Patients Had Organ Transplants in 25 Countries, Region
A total of 543 patients who received post-transplant care at hospitals in Japan underwent organ tran...
June 10, 2023
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U.S. Warship Sunk in WWII Kamikaze Attack Found off Okinawa Pref.
The sole U.S. Navy destroyer sunk by an “Ohka” Japanese Navy suicide aircraft during the Pacific Wa...
June 10, 2023
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Record Number of Women Pass Japanese Civil Service Examination
A record 683 women passed the highest-level civil service examination in the spring of fiscal 2023, ...
June 9, 2023
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Intl Certification Sought for Japan’s Green Transformation Bonds
The government has decided to seek international certification for the issuance of “green transforma...
June 9, 2023
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