General News
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10 Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Child of Hope Will Soon Turn 10
FUKUSHIMA — Ten years will soon have passed since the massive tsunami and the accident at a nuclear ...
February 20, 2021
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Panel: Japan quake caused no large tsunami because of deep seismic center
There were no large tsunami as a result of the quake that struck off Fukushima Prefecture late Satur...
February 16, 2021
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Nara shop collects used randoseru backpacks for those in need
NARA — A shop in Nara is collecting old randoseru backpacks used by elementary school children for d...
February 16, 2021
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Junior high school student invents lifesaving lattice after Kyoto Animation tragedy
Taking a lesson from the Kyoto Animation arson attack in July 2019, in which 36 people were killed, ...
February 15, 2021
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Japan universities neglect background checks on foreign students, researchers
About 40% of private universities nationwide failed to conduct background checks on foreign students...
February 15, 2021
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In These Fukushima Schools, Time Stopped after 2011 Disaster
FUKUSHIMA — In a difficult-to-return area of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, where the Fukushima No. 1 ...
February 13, 2021
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Kumamoto: Castle Regains Pre-disaster Appearance in Show of Recovery from Earthquake
KUMAMOTO — The towers of Kumamoto Castle have been restored to their majestic pre-disaster appearanc...
February 12, 2021
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Kenzaburo Oe Entrusts Manuscripts with University of Tokyo
Novelist and Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe, 86, has entrusted more than 10,000 pages of his manu...
February 12, 2021
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Want to Quantify the Feeling of Shame? What’s the ‘Logic’?
Surely everyone knows what it’s like to feel shame — that acute warm flush that tingles under the sk...
February 11, 2021
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Prospects are Bleak for Reconstruction of Hokkaido City
The bankruptcy of a ski resort operator in Hokkaido’s Yubari, the only local municipality in Japan u...
February 9, 2021
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Police to Get Ability to Immediately Examine Suspicious Drones
The government plans to create a new system that would allow authorities who spot drones in the sky ...
February 7, 2021
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Decommissioning of Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant a Long Way Off
OKUMA, Fukushima — Wreckage still litters parts of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and react...
February 5, 2021
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Cenotaph in Fukushima Pref. Honors 3/11 Dam Collapse Victims
A cenotaph has been erected by bereaved families and affected local residents to remember those who ...
February 5, 2021
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Couple who Experienced 2011 Quake Opens Shop in Kyushu to Help Residents Hit by Torrential Rain
Nearly 10 years after experiencing the Great East Japan Earthquake while living in Fukushima Prefect...
February 3, 2021
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Sake Brewery Returns to Disaster-hit Namie as Town Revives
NAMIE, Fukushima — Sake brewing in the disaster-hit town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, resumed Mon...
February 3, 2021
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