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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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2022 Beaujolais Nouveau sales begin
Bottles of this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau hit shelves Thursday, with events held across Tokyo to pro...
November 17, 2022
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Service suspended on 2 lines as train partly derails in Tokyo
An out-of-service train partly derailed at about 10:20 a.m. on Thursday at Keisei-Takasago Station i...
November 17, 2022
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Nearly half a million foreign visitors arrive in Japan as tourism surges
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in October is estimated to have totaled 498,600, surging to ...
November 17, 2022
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Japan’s police agency confirms several cases of racial profiling
Police carried out their duties using racial profiling or other similar inappropriate methods in six...
November 17, 2022
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New street art: One-day event to showcase 110 decorated manhole covers from across Japan
Manhole covers are everywhere and many people just walk by them on the street without even thinking ...
November 17, 2022
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Panel’s interim draft on divorce law contemplates joint custody
The introduction of joint custody for divorced parents in Japan is one of two proposals included in ...
November 17, 2022
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Olympic gold medalist Yuto Horigome marks opening of new skateboard park in Tokyo
Olympic gold medalist Yuto Horigome put on a rousing display at the opening ceremony for a new skate...
November 16, 2022
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Tickets commemorating 50 year of pandas in Japan on sale
Tokyo Metro Co. is selling panda-themed subway tickets to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fi...
November 16, 2022
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Families advised to remove chairs from balconies to prevent fatal falls
Following several accidents in which young children have died after falling from apartment balconies...
November 16, 2022
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Yuzu harvest season comes to Tochigi Pref.
Yuzu citrus fruit is harvested in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture. Yuzu farmer Fukusaburo Ishikawa, 80, w...
November 16, 2022
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‘Ocean diamonds’ offer buyers chance to leave environment sparkling
So-called third diamonds, which divers harvest from the ocean floor, are set to make full-on landfal...
November 16, 2022
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4-year-old boy falls to his death after accidentally locking mother out of apartment
Hachinohe, AOMORI — A 4-year-old boy was found Sunday on the ground outside a municipal housing comp...
November 15, 2022
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Governors aim to help end overemphasis on Tokyo
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—Nearly half of Japan’s 47 prefectural governors formed a group this month amid fr...
November 15, 2022
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IAEA starts 2nd safety check for planned Fukushima water release
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—A visiting team of the International Atomic Energy Agency started Monday a survey...
November 15, 2022
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