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‘Barefoot Gen’ to Be Removed From Hiroshima Peace Education Textbook
HIROSHIMA — The Hiroshima city board of education plans to replace a long-used and globally known ma...
February 18, 2023
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Blood Donation Gifts in Japan Sold Through Online Flea Markets
Many thank-you gifts that were given to blood donors are being sold through online flea markets, a s...
February 18, 2023
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Slain Japanese NGO Worker’s Parents Wind Down Afghanistan Fund
The parents of aid worker Kazuya Ito, who was kidnapped and killed by an armed group in Afghanistan ...
February 18, 2023
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L’Arc-en-Ciel Concert Seating Shenanigans Get Ticket Sellers in Trouble with Regulators
After concertgoers who paid for prime seats in front of the stage were ushered to less desirable spo...
February 17, 2023
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A-Bomb Victim’s Family Hopes to Spread Message of Peace
Sadako Sasaki, a 12-year-old girl who died from leukemia resulting from an atomic bomb being dropped...
February 17, 2023
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Video of Sri Lankan in Custody Before Her Death in Japan Viewed by Yomiuri Reporter
NAGOYA — A Yomiuri Shimbun reporter viewed surveillance video footage from the last two weeks before...
February 17, 2023
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Enrollment Capacity Hikes Eyed for Universities in Tokyo
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—A Japanese government panel of experts Thursday proposed that universities in Tok...
February 17, 2023
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Japan, U.S. Groups Work to get Sadako’s Cranes into UNESCO
Japanese and U.S. organizations are working to have Sadako Sasaki’s origami cranes registered in the...
February 17, 2023
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Old Japan Streetscape To Be Created At New Tokyo Attraction
A streetscape inspired by the days when the city of Tokyo was known as Edo will open to the public i...
February 17, 2023
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Fans Bid Farewell as Ueno Zoo’s Beloved Giant Panda Xiang Xiang Heads ‘Home’ to China
As the day grows closer when she will go back to her motherland, hordes of fans come daily to bid a ...
February 17, 2023
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Japan Airport Opponents Clash With Riot Police
NARITA, Chiba — Skirmishes broke out Wednesday evening as authorities began the forcible removal of ...
February 16, 2023
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Pollen Season Begins in 21 of Japan’s Prefectures
The pollen season has begun in 21 of the nation’s prefectures, Weathernews Inc. announced Wednesday....
February 16, 2023
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Japan’s Westernmost Island Yonaguni and Taiwan Dream of Renewed Bonds
Amid increased tensions with China and fears of a Taiwan contingency, momentum is building for new l...
February 16, 2023
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Amur Adonis Plants Bloom at Tokyo Garden
Fukujuso, or Amur Adonis, plants blossom at Tonogayato Gardens in Kokubunji, Tokyo....
February 15, 2023
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Hokkaido Waterfall Draws Ice Climbers From Around Japan
A climber uses an ice ax to ascend a frozen waterfall in the Sounkyo gorge in Kamikawa, Hokkaido. Th...
February 15, 2023
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