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4-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling from 12th Floor at Apartment in Yamaguchi Pref.
Around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, a distress call was made to emergency services reporting that a boy had ...
May 27, 2023
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Japan Local Govts Eye Superyacht Owners to Help Revitalize Economies
With inbound tourism gradually recovering following the coronavirus pandemic, a number of coastal l...
May 27, 2023
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Japan Firm Creates Colorful Fabrics to Prep for Summer
Colorful fabrics, which will be used to make yukata, are hung to dry at Iseyasu Senkosho in Edogawa ...
May 27, 2023
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Strong Earthquake Hits Japan’s Ibaraki, Chiba Prefectures
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck the Kanto region on Thursday evening, registering lower 5 on the J...
May 26, 2023
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S. Korea Team Ends Fukushima Plant Inspection
TOMIOKA, Fukushima (Jiji Press) — A team of experts from South Korea on Wednesday finished a two-day...
May 26, 2023
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Sake Brewing Firm Plants Rice for Sake on Rooftop in Ginza
Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co. planted rice for making sake on the rooftop of its Tokyo branch office bu...
May 25, 2023
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Japan Monk’s Writings Added to UNESCO Memory List
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — UNESCO’s executive board on Wednesday added to its Memory of the World list a s...
May 25, 2023
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Car Crashes into Police Station in Japan
CHIKUGO, Fukuoka — A call was placed to a local fire department around 3:15 p.m. on Thursday to repo...
May 25, 2023
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NRA Approves Screening Report for Joyo Fast Reactor
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday approved a screening report concl...
May 25, 2023
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Japan’s Shine Muscat Grapes Dealing with Flowering Issues
The Shine Muscat grape at times is afflicted by a problem with flowering, an issue reported in 30 of...
May 25, 2023
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Yubari Melons Fetch Second-Highest Price at ¥3.5 Mil. in Year’s 1st Auction
Kiyomichi Noda, the chairman of Hokuyupack Co. in Yubari, Hokkaido, embraces a boxed pair of Yubari ...
May 25, 2023
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Spectacular Spawning Event Heralds Return of Pacific Herrings to Hokkaido’s Sea of Japan Coast
Large schools of Pacific herrings are making comeback on Hokkaido’s Sea of Japan coast, thanks to ef...
May 25, 2023
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NTT West Reports Telephone, Internet Outages in Osaka
NTT West announced Thursday that communication services, including telephone and internet, have been...
May 25, 2023
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My Number IDs Linked to Wrong Bank Accounts
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Linkage mistakes involving My Number personal identification numbers and bank ...
May 25, 2023
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Pandemic Cut Recovery Odds for Cardiac Arrest, Study Says
People suffering a cardiac arrest have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, accordi...
May 25, 2023
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