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Rules needed to use facial recognition technology
Facial recognition technology is becoming more sophisticated thanks to artificial intelligence. Alth...
August 31, 2021
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Taxi drivers receiving training to support wheelchair users
Taking the opportunity of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, many taxi companies have introduce...
August 30, 2021
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Japanese firm help falsify Google reviews to boost hospital, clinic ratings.
When you look for a store or facility on Google’s search engine, a review section is displayed along...
August 29, 2021
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Boys, girls split over reasons for choosing colleges
Boys tend to focus on whether they will be able to pass the entrance exam when choosing which colleg...
August 29, 2021
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Cross-border teleworking a win-win for employers, workers
Cross-border teleworking, in which people work for companies in Japan while living overseas, is beco...
August 24, 2021
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Internship program in Japan only for doctoral students to be created this academic year
The education ministry will extend support to students in doctoral courses to help them find jobs th...
August 23, 2021
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Japanese researchers urge world not to allow Taliban to inflict another Bamiyan
Japanese cultural property researchers expressed concern following the retaking of Afghanistan by th...
August 19, 2021
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Japan teen addicted to online games grabs knife when internet was cut off
Video game addiction may be on the rise, as yet another toll taken by the novel coronavirus pandemic...
August 19, 2021
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Japan’s nuclear watchdog suspends inspection of Tsuruga reactor
The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday decided to suspend its inspection of the No. 2 reactor...
August 18, 2021
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Local residents sustain memorial for U.S., Japanese who died in WWII B-29 crash in city
NAKATSU, Oita — For more than 50 years, a memorial has been preserved commemorating the soldiers fro...
August 18, 2021
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Companies giving workers time off to mourn pets
Pets are part of the family, in the eyes and hearts of many people. A growing number of companies ta...
August 17, 2021
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National universities making push for gender equality
OSAKA — National universities in Japan are ramping up efforts to increase their proportion of female...
August 17, 2021
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WWII veteran serves as living online link to Japanese battleship Musashi
As a former crew member on the ill-fated battleship Musashi, Koji Hayakawa remembers the explosions ...
August 17, 2021
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Japan’s remote islands to get subsidies for maintaining broadband networks
To further promote teleworking and online medical consultation services on remote islands, the Inter...
August 16, 2021
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Few countries accept Japan’s vaccination certificates
Only 15 countries and one region, as of Friday, were accepting COVID-19 vaccination certificates iss...
August 14, 2021
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