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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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False info on Ukraine invasion spreads on social media
“I retweeted it in a knee-jerk reaction out of my hatred for Russia,” said the Japanese company emp...
March 19, 2022
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Joban Expressway’s entire route back in service, but quake impact still visible in many areas
A section of the Joban Expressway reopened at noon on Friday, bringing the entire route back into se...
March 19, 2022
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Artisans make brightly colored banners ahead of traditional boys’ festival
Artisans in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, work under a blue sky making banners that wish for a child’s ...
March 19, 2022
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1995 sarin attack victims go online to inform, warn young people
For the first time since the Aum Supreme Truth cult carried out its deadly sarin gas attack in the...
March 19, 2022
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Tohoku Shinkansen possibly derailed by quake’s 2nd jolt
A Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train that derailed in Miyagi Prefecture during the powerful earthquake t...
March 18, 2022
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Repair work continues in quake-hit areas, as weather delivers another blow
Residents affected by Wednesday’s powerful earthquake in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures had rain a...
March 18, 2022
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Post-quake power outages intentional, used to avoid massive blackout
The earthquake that struck late Wednesday night off Fukushima Prefecture caused a massive power outa...
March 18, 2022
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