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Japan recognizes record 74 refugees in 2021
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Immigration Services Agency of Japan said Friday that a record 74 foreigner...
May 14, 2022
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Poll: 80% think Okinawa Pref. developed steadily after reversion to Japan
About 80% of people in the nation said that Okinawa Prefecture has been developing steadily in the 5...
May 14, 2022
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Okinawans: Living standards up, but economic disparities remain
Seventy percent of Okinawa Prefecture residents feel their standard of living has improved since the...
May 14, 2022
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Panel discussion on “Development and Promotion of Okinawa from the 51st Year on,” May 10, 2022
Panel discussion on "Development and Promotion of Okinawa from the 51st Year on" at the “Okinawa’s P...
May 13, 2022
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Panel Discussion on “Strategic Stability in East Asia and Okinawa,” May 10, 2022
Shinsuke J. Sugiyama (former Japanese Ambassador to the United States), Bonji Ohara (Senior Fellow o...
May 13, 2022
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Michael J. Green’s Keynote Lecture at the “Okinawa’s Past Half Century and Japan’s Future” Symposium
Michael Jonathan Green, Senior Vice President for Asia, Japan Chair, and Henry A. Kissinger Chair at...
May 13, 2022
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4-meter-tall thermometer installed in Kumagaya — Japan’s hottest city
A 4-meter-tall thermometer is installed at the Yagihashi department store in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefe...
May 13, 2022
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Body found in northern territories
A body has been found in the Russian-occupied northern territories, the Japan Coast Guard announced ...
May 13, 2022
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Potential link between bone fragments, missing girl’s mom
A family connection could not be ruled out between the DNA in bone fragments discovered near a campi...
May 12, 2022
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Japan storks raise brood in artificial nest tower in Tochigi Pref.
A stork feeds its hungry chicks atop an artificial nest tower at the Watarase Yusuichi wetland in Oy...
May 12, 2022
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Police find additional human bone-like objects in Yamanashi Pref.
KOFU — The Yamanashi prefectural police said Wednesday they had found two more objects resembling hu...
May 12, 2022
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Hospital reveals 2nd confidential birth in Japan
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) — A woman has given birth to a baby anonymously in the second case of so-calle...
May 12, 2022
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Town, village officials in Japan to get tech-training
The National Association of Towns and Villages will offer training in digital technology to town and...
May 12, 2022
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Okinawa 50 yrs since return / Experts stress geopolitical importance at symposium
NAHA — The significance of Okinawa amid the increasingly severe security environment in East Asia wa...
May 11, 2022
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Police wary of anti-vaccination group Yamato Q
Yamato Q, a group opposing COVID-19 vaccinations and claiming to be a Japanese branch of internet co...
May 11, 2022
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