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Twin panda cubs at Ueno Zoo to go back on display Friday
The public will see heavier, more agile twin giant panda cubs when they are put back on display at T...
March 23, 2022
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Tohoku Shinkansen service partially restored
Operation of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train resumed Tuesday in parts of a section that was suspe...
March 22, 2022
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TEPCO asks for supply from 7 firms; power consumption rate exceeds 100%
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. announced Tuesday that its power supply would be supplem...
March 22, 2022
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Digitally produced ‘yosegaki’ group message cards growing popular amid pandemic
A staple of farewell parties in Japan is a collection of written messages called yosegaki, which fri...
March 21, 2022
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Suspended Tohoku Shinkansen section to partly reopen Tuesday
The operation of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train will resume Tuesday in parts of a section suspen...
March 21, 2022
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Netflix’s Japan subsidiary fined for ¥1.2 bil. tax loophole scheme through 2019
U.S. streaming giant Netflix, Inc.’s subsidiary in Japan was found to have used tax loopholes to red...
March 21, 2022
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People fix quake-toppled tombstones following March 16 temblor in Japan
A man on Sunday puts back in place a tombstone at a cemetery in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, after it wa...
March 21, 2022
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Japan to launch AI translation system for foreign job seekers
To support foreign workers, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will start translating job listin...
March 21, 2022
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War forces elderly Japanese man to abandon home in Ukraine
After decades living in Ukraine, 78-year-old Hidekatsu Furikhata was forced to flee to Japan to esca...
March 21, 2022
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Japan PM honors policeman, U.N. volunteer killed in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida laid flowers at memorial monuments in Phnom Penh on Sunday...
March 21, 2022
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Japanese ancient wall paintings shown to media
ASUKA, Nara (Jiji Press) — Colorful wall paintings found inside an ancient tumulus in Nara Prefectur...
March 21, 2022
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Japan launches new cyber defense command to counter threat from neighboring countries
The Defense Ministry has launched a cyber defense command by reorganizing related units of the Groun...
March 20, 2022
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Volunteers join cleanup in quake-hit Tohoku areas
Some municipal governments in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures that suffered damage from Wednesday n...
March 20, 2022
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Derailed train being removed
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) began the process Sunday of putting cars of a Tohoku Shinkansen bu...
March 20, 2022
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Japan Coast Guard provides know-how to Asian countries to enhance sea security
The Japan Coast Guard is providing technical guidance to coast guards in Asian countries to improve ...
March 20, 2022
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