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Income gaps have widened among people aged 25-34 in Japan
Income gaps among people aged 25 to 34 have widened, as evidenced by the rise of the Gini coefficien...
February 11, 2022
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Valentine’s Day chocolates that suit today’s stay-home mood
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Shops and businesses are offering a variety of fun ideas ...
February 11, 2022
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Udo vegetable an early herald of spring
Koichiro Narukawa, a farmer in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, harvests udo vegetable stalks, a symbol o...
February 9, 2022
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Schools struggle to secure learning opportunities in omicron outbreak
Schools are struggling to maintain a learning environment for students amid an increasing number of ...
February 9, 2022
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￥420 million fine eyed for 3 drug wholesalers
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Fair Trade Commission plans to order three major drug wholesalers to pa...
February 7, 2022
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Shochu campaign underway in N.Y., L.A.
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — A campaign has been underway to promote Japanese shochu and awamori distille...
February 7, 2022
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Pureed meals helping to enrich school life for special needs children
Children who rely on gastric fistulas to receive nutrition via an external feeding tube that connect...
February 7, 2022
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Japan’s Tanaka wins 2nd prize at Lausanne ballet competition
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Jiji Press) — Japanese dancer Tsukino Tanaka won the second prize at this yea...
February 6, 2022
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S. Korean minister protests Japan’s world heritage push
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong on Thursday protested the Japanese...
February 4, 2022
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Sweet Hokkaido cabbages get sweeter with snow
Farmers dig cabbages out from the snow in Wassamu, Hokkaido, to prepare shipments of the town’s spec...
February 4, 2022
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Child abuse, domestic violence cases hit record highs in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of suspected child abuse and domestic violence cases in Japan both h...
February 3, 2022
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Pioneering movie theater to close
Iwanami Hall, a movie theater in Jimbocho, Tokyo, that pioneered the mini-theater boom, will close i...
February 3, 2022
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Cold as ice
Illuminated ice sculptures create a fantastical atmosphere in extremely cold weather at the Ice Fall...
February 2, 2022
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Send your avatar to web meetings, online classes
The use of digital avatars in web meetings or online classes is gaining momentum. By utilizing avata...
February 2, 2022
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Anago eels delight visitors at Yokohama aquarium
Anago eels peek out of objects shaped like sushi rolls, delighting visitors of the Yokohama Hakkeiji...
February 1, 2022
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