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Osaka Expo Flying Car Model on Display in Japan for First Time
A full-size model of a so-called flying car to be used at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo is being shown ...
March 10, 2023
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Japan to Continue Travel Discount Program Beyond April
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Tourism Agency presented a plan Thursday to continue the government’s...
March 10, 2023
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1945 Great Tokyo Air Raid Victims Remembered at Memorial Service
A memorial service for victims of the Great Tokyo Air Raid was held Friday to mark the 78th annivers...
March 10, 2023
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No New Bodies, Identities of East Japan Quake Victims
For the first time since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, the last 12 months have s...
March 10, 2023
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Ousted WHO Official Takeshi Kasai Has Background in Emergency Medicine
Ousted World Health Organization official Takeshi Kasai is a doctor with a background in emergency ...
March 9, 2023
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New Light Shed on 1860 Assassination of Top Shogun Aide Ii Naosuke
In 1860, toward the end of the Edo period (1603-1867), the highest-ranked aide to the shogun was ass...
March 9, 2023
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Japan Remains 2nd from Bottom in Glass-Ceiling Rankings
LONDON (Jiji Press) — Japan remained 2nd to last for the 7th straight year in the 2022 rankings of 2...
March 9, 2023
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Nine Influencers Fail to Report ¥300 Mil. in Earnings
Nine social media influencers have failed to report earnings totaling some ¥300 million over the six...
March 9, 2023
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Imperial Carriage Conveys Ambassadors to Japan’s Emperor
A horse-drawn carriage conveyed newly appointed foreign ambassadors to the Imperial Palace on Wednes...
March 8, 2023
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Tokyo Exhibit Features Lifelike Cardboard Sculptures of Animals
An exhibition of works by sculptor Genta Honnoh, who uses cardboard to create striking statues of an...
March 8, 2023
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Orcas, Dolphins Spotted off Nagasaki by Japan Coast Guard Vessels
NAGASAKI — A pod of orcas and another of dolphins were seen by Japan Coast Guard patrol boats off T...
March 8, 2023
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Japan to Survey Groups Connected to Organ Transplants Abroad
Following the recent arrest of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization’s director on multiple charges o...
March 7, 2023
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World Heritage Site Shirakawa-go to Accept New Residents
Residents of Shirakawa-go in Shirakawa Village, Gifu Prefecture, are set to revise the community’s h...
March 7, 2023
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Painting of Jesus by Artist Okayama Found at Japanese School
NAGASAKI — A painting of Jesus by Seikyo Okayama (1895-1977), has been discovered at a school where ...
March 7, 2023
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Egyptian Mom Finishes Tokyo Marathon to Complete 6-Race Set of World Majors
Amany Khalil hardly stood out among the 11,000 non-Japanese runners who took part in Sunday’s Tokyo...
March 6, 2023
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