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Bullying recognized over girl’s death in Hokkaido
ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — A 14-year-old girl found frozen to death in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, ...
April 16, 2022
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Japan’s population falls by record 644,000
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s population including foreigners stood at 125,502,000 as of Oct. 1 last ...
April 16, 2022
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Extensive damage to Japan’s Tohoku Shinkansen line raises questions about quake resistance
Passengers arriving on the Tohoku Shinkansen platform at Tokyo and Fukushima stations Thursday — the...
April 16, 2022
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Japanese artist in eastern Ukraine draws daily life under invasion
Depicting daily life during the Russian invasion is one artist’s way of conveying the situation in U...
April 15, 2022
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Sexual harassment of graduating job hunters raises alarms in Japan
Over 25% of graduating college students said they had been sexually harassed while job hunting, acco...
April 15, 2022
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Tokyo’s JR Yamanote Line resumes services after almost 2 hours
All services on the JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo has been suspended after a fire broke out at a nearby ...
April 15, 2022
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Bereaved man’s traffic safety message resonates with young people
It was three years ago on April 19 that an 87-year-old man accidentally ran a red light and plowed h...
April 14, 2022
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Japanese start-ups entering reforestation market
WAKAYAMA — A prolonged downturn in the timber industry has left many forests in Japan in poor condit...
April 14, 2022
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Tokyo University of Foreign Studies to offer free Ukrainian language course
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies is to offer a free online Ukrainian language course for local g...
April 14, 2022
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Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture marks 6 years since deadly quakes
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) — A ceremony was held Thursday to remember victims of a pair of deadly earthqu...
April 14, 2022
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Tohoku Shinkansen line reopens 1 week early
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) resumed operation along the entire length of the Tohoku Shinkansen ...
April 14, 2022
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Map of Japan made with gold dust from every prefecture completed after 15 years
KOFU — A museum in Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, gathered gold dust from all 47 prefectures for 15 y...
April 14, 2022
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Japanese company develops app to provide lunches to students
FUKUOKA — On a mid-March day just before breaking for spring holiday, a large group of students at F...
April 14, 2022
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Ukrainian in Japan returns home to help parents, country
TOKYO (AP) — As millions of Ukrainians fled their country, a longtime Tokyo resident did the opposit...
April 13, 2022
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Residence status established in 2019 to attract foreign workers to be issued for 1st time
A Chinese man in Gifu Prefecture is set to become the first recipient of a residence status establi...
April 13, 2022
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