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Fujii wins Ryuo title, becomes youngest shogi player with quadruple crown
Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii has captured the Ryuo title after sweeping the best-of-seven series over de...
November 15, 2021
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44 years have passed since Japanese girl’s abduction by N. Korea
Monday marked 44 years since Megumi Yokota, then 13, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 in Niigata ...
November 15, 2021
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Japan minister visits site of Megumi Yokota’s abduction
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno visited Niigata City on Sunday to inspect the area around t...
November 15, 2021
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Go To Travel campaign expected to resume as early as mid-January
The government is making arrangements to resume as early as mid-January the Go To Travel campaign, a...
November 14, 2021
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Tokyo’s Akasaka Palace shines light on violence against women at start of Purple Light Up campaign
The white walls of the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo’s Minato Ward are lit up in purple on Friday, for a t...
November 13, 2021
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Fujii wins Ryuo shogi title, sets record, after defeating Toyoshima
Teenage shogi sensation Sota Fujii defeated Ryuo titleholder Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match ...
November 13, 2021
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Nobel laureate Honjo, Ono Pharma settle royalty suit
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Nobel Prize winner Tasuku Honjo and Ono Pharmaceutical Co. settled Friday their...
November 13, 2021
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Japanese photographer dives beneath floating pumice to shoot unique video
The seas around the main island of Okinawa Prefecture are rockier than usual — just not in the way y...
November 12, 2021
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Paws for thought
Tiger ornaments line the shelves of a daruma doll shop in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The shop a...
November 12, 2021
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Childcare, nursing care workers likely to get 3% wage hike
The government plans to raise the wages of childcare workers and nursing care workers by 3% as part ...
November 12, 2021
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Mie doctor depicts beauty of Ethiopia in art
A girl carrying a large water container on her back, a boy chasing a herd of cattle, a family dresse...
November 11, 2021
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Wintry wingbeats
A flock of greater scaup ducks fly over Kasai Marine Park in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. The park on Tokyo ...
November 11, 2021
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Micromosaics glitter as fashion accessories / Handcrafted montages of glass add original flair to any situation
Specks of glass have never looked so lovely as they do in micromosaics, an art form in which tiny pi...
November 11, 2021
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Hokkaido eyed as potential cultivation area for sweet potatoes
Efforts are underway to make Hokkaido, the main potato producing region in Japan, a growing area for...
November 10, 2021
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Temples in depopulated areas finding hope on internet
With temples in depopulated areas finding it tough to survive amid a declining number of parishioner...
November 10, 2021
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