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Heavy snow causes Hokkaido blackouts, Nagoya train delays
Heavy snow from a wintry low-pressure system caused power outages in Hokkaido and train delays in th...
December 24, 2022
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Flu epidemic starts in Japan’s 6 prefectures
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Six of Japan’s 47 prefectures have entered the influenza season, the health min...
December 24, 2022
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Japan’s humanitarian efforts recalled 100 years on
In the early 1920s, Japanese volunteers rescued hundreds of Polish orphans from the Russian region o...
December 24, 2022
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Santas help clean up Tokyo’s Marunouchi district
Clad in Santa Claus costumes, about 200 people working nearby Tokyo Station took part in a cleanup e...
December 24, 2022
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Kochi City records 14 cm snowfall, its largest ever
Kochi City observed 14-centimeter snowfall on Friday, the largest it has ever recorded. The city is ...
December 23, 2022
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Colorful cocoon decorations to welcome New Year visitors at Japan shrine
Miko shrine maidens add the finishing touches to Japanese bush clover branches decorated with silkwo...
December 23, 2022
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Portraits of Ukrainian kids who fled war to be displayed at Omotesando Station
Photographs of Ukrainian children who fled to Japan following the Russian invasion of Ukraine will b...
December 23, 2022
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Nagoya Prison officers allegedly committed 400 cases of misconduct
Twenty-two correctional officers at Nagoya Prison allegedly committed over 400 cases of misconduct, ...
December 23, 2022
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¥280.3 billion left out of Tokyo Games expense report
A total of ¥280.3 billion in athlete training and facility maintenance costs was not included in the...
December 22, 2022
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Police officers attempted cover-up of wrong-way driving
OSAKA — Two police officers in Osaka Prefecture have been disciplined for driving a police car the w...
December 22, 2022
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Bamboo lanterns brighten Tokyo shrine at foot of Skytree
Bamboo lanterns illuminate the grounds of Ushijima Shrine in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, with Tokyo Skytree ...
December 22, 2022
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Heavy snow expected again throughout much of Japan over Christmas weekend
Heavy snow is expected throughout much of the country from Thursday through Monday. In Niigata Pre...
December 22, 2022
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Births in Japan set to fall below 800,000 in 2022
The number of births in Japan in the first 10 months of 2022 was 669,871, down by 33,827, or 4.8%, f...
December 22, 2022
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Roads open again after snow closures in Niigata Prefecture
NIIGATA — Highway closures caused by heavy snow in Niigata Prefecture had all been lifted by Wednesd...
December 21, 2022
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Scope of Fukushima nuclear accident compensation expanded
Psychological damage stemming from the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant accident is being re...
December 21, 2022
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