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Ice-breaking pleasure boat opens up a route through drifting slabs of ice in Hokkaido
An ice-breaking pleasure boat opens up a route through drifting slabs of ice about 4 kilometers off ...
February 28, 2022
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Share of Chinese with good impression of Japan tumbles
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The proportion of people in China who have a favorable impression of Japan has ...
February 27, 2022
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Rakuten chief Mikitani to donate ¥1 billion to Ukraine
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Rakuten Group Inc. President, Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani tweeted Sunday ...
February 27, 2022
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New-style sauna facilities gaining traction in Japan
The sauna industry is heating up in Japan. An increasing number of people are sweating it out in new...
February 25, 2022
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AI might be key to averting nursing care crisis
This fiscal year is being called year zero for so-called scientific nursing care, which utilizes tec...
February 25, 2022
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Celebrating with corsages
KYOTO — Those commuting to a welfare facility for people with disabilities in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Pre...
February 24, 2022
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Hundreds of children removed from foster families in Japan due to worsening relationships
Out of the about 1,500 children removed from foster family placements per fiscal year in 2019 and 20...
February 24, 2022
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Troubled girl finds foster families incompatible
“I wonder if I can ever be part of a family,” said a 19-year-old girl from the Kanto region who move...
February 24, 2022
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Glassware gains new shine in Skytree elevator
Tokyo Skytree, one of the capital’s most famous landmarks, will mark its 10th birthday on May 22. Ov...
February 24, 2022
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Weigh to go
A lamb is weighed at Mother Farm in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday, as its mother looks on. Thi...
February 24, 2022
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Japan firm develops windbreaker that blocks 99.9% of UV light to help young XP sufferers
A Japanese apparel manufacturer has developed a special windbreaker for children with xeroderma pigm...
February 23, 2022
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Japanese companies strive to foster personnel to plug digital shortfall
In a bit to improve business efficiency and develop new services, companies are striving to foster p...
February 23, 2022
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Silver medalist curling team dolls on display in Aichi
Hina dolls inspired by the Loco Solare women’s curling team that claimed silver at the Beijing Olymp...
February 23, 2022
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Invisible threats / Japan slow to act amid fears of China’s Olympic app
Amid China’s growing presence in both the military and economic fields, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...
February 23, 2022
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Security cameras gaining varied uses in homes, businesses in Japan
Security cameras, originally aimed at stemming crime, are being put to a wide variety of uses these ...
February 23, 2022
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