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50 years of affection for Ueno pandas
Friday marked 50 years since giant pandas first came to Japan from China. Fifteen pandas have been r...
October 30, 2022
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Shibuya again attracts costumed fans for Halloween festivities
Ahead of Halloween on Monday, many young people and foreign visitors clad in fancy costumes have bee...
October 30, 2022
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Eyebrows raised over Tottori Prefecture’s ¥300 mil. for Andy Warhol works
TOTTORI — Tottori Prefecture has created a stir after spending almost ¥300 million to buy five of An...
October 30, 2022
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Battery sharing for electric motorbikes starts in Tokyo
A battery-sharing service for electric motorcycles with removable batteries was launched by the Tok...
October 30, 2022
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Works by 12 living national treasures return to Japan for special exhibition
ATAMI, Shizuoka — Works by 12 living national treasures have returned to Japan for a special exhibit...
October 29, 2022
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Gifu festival gains overwhelming interest thank to presence of popular actor
GIFU — As many as 960,000 people entered a lottery for access to free viewing spaces for the cavalry...
October 29, 2022
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Students find paper books easier to read than e-books
Elementary, junior high and high school students who have used e-books tend to find paper books easi...
October 29, 2022
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Record 244,940 children refuse to go to school
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of elementary and junior high school students in Japan who refused t...
October 28, 2022
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Articles on Abe state funeral among most read in September
Articles related to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral received particular attention a...
October 28, 2022
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Children of religious parents in Japan call for legal reforms to protect kids
Three women whose parents have ties with the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, amon...
October 28, 2022
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License system to be launched for highly autonomous mobility services in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan will introduce on April 1, 2023, a license system for mobility services w...
October 28, 2022
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85％ of those surveyed say manga is good for children
In a nationwide poll on reading conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun, 85% of respondents said they “agre...
October 27, 2022
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Assembly member to quit over suspicion of forging fliers
FUKUOKA — A Fukuoka City assembly member is resigning over the creation and distribution of fliers r...
October 27, 2022
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Gears get moving to establish Unification Church probe guidelines
The government has started procedures to launch a probe into the Unification Church, amid allegation...
October 26, 2022
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Japanese govt panel of experts to set standards for ‘right to question’ in probe of Unification Church
In preparation for an investigation of the religious group commonly known as the Unification Church ...
October 26, 2022
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