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Riders enjoy pro wrestling spectacle on special train in Chiba Prefecture
CHIBA — About 50 passengers on a special JR Kururi Line train running in the southern part of Chiba ...
November 22, 2022
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Century-old row house attached to bathhouse transformed into community space
A row house in Tokyo attached to nearly a century-old public bathhouse, which gained fame as the loc...
November 22, 2022
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Ukrainian youths visiting Hiroshima wish for peace back home
HIROSHIMA — Seven Ukrainian children, who have been displaced to Aichi and Gifu prefectures due to R...
November 21, 2022
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Teacher admonished over punishment at special needs school in Japan
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoOsaka prefectural government office The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST,&en...
November 21, 2022
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University of Tokyo ‘to employ 300 women faculty members’
The University of Tokyo plans to newly employ about 300 women professors and associate professors, a...
November 21, 2022
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Woman killed after car driven by 97-year-old runs onto sidewalk
A woman was killed after being hit by a minivehicle driven by a 97-year-old man in Fukushima on Satu...
November 20, 2022
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Olympic bribery probe uncovers accusations of bid-rigging
Some companies whose officials were arrested in the bribery scandal involving the Tokyo Olympics an...
November 20, 2022
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Italian man commits suicide in Tokyo immigration facility
An Italian man in his 50s committed suicide in the Tokyo immigration facility where he was being det...
November 20, 2022
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Rediscovering mystique of Atami through art
ATAMI, Shizuoka — Known since the Edo period (1603-1867) as a health resort of onsen hot springs, th...
November 20, 2022
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Speech about gender issues wins top prize at speech contest
A powerful speech about gender issues brought Kokoa Unno the top prize at the 74th H.I.H. Prince Tak...
November 19, 2022
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Next-generation tram derails during trial run
UTSUNOMIYA - A next-generation light rail transit (LRT) tram derailed during a test run Saturday nea...
November 19, 2022
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NPA to introduce national lost-and-found database
Lost items reported to the police across the country will be searchable in an online system under pl...
November 19, 2022
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Giant panda Xiang Xiang expected to be returned to China early next year
Xiang Xiang, the popular female giant panda kept at Ueno Zoo in Taito Ward, Tokyo, is likely to be s...
November 18, 2022
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Letter from Sengoku period warlord Nobunaga authenticated, tracing advance into western Japan
A letter from the famous feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) to warlord Hashiba Hideyoshi (1537-...
November 18, 2022
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Tokyo Tech to allocate 14％ of undergrad admission to female-only selection scheme
To increase the proportion of women in its student body, the Tokyo Institute of Technology has annou...
November 18, 2022
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