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  • 44 years have passed since Japanese girl’s abduction by N. Korea

    Monday marked 44 years since Megumi Yokota, then 13, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 in Niigata ...

    November 15, 2021

  • Japan minister visits site of Megumi Yokota’s abduction

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    November 15, 2021

  • Go To Travel campaign expected to resume as early as mid-January

    The government is making arrangements to resume as early as mid-January the Go To Travel campaign, a...

    November 14, 2021

  • Tokyo’s Akasaka Palace shines light on violence against women at start of Purple Light Up campaign

    The white walls of the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo’s Minato Ward are lit up in purple on Friday, for a t...

    November 13, 2021

  • Fujii wins Ryuo shogi title, sets record, after defeating Toyoshima

    Teenage shogi sensation Sota Fujii defeated Ryuo titleholder Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match ...

    November 13, 2021

  • Nobel laureate Honjo, Ono Pharma settle royalty suit

    OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Nobel Prize winner Tasuku Honjo and Ono Pharmaceutical Co. settled Friday their...

    November 13, 2021

  • Japanese photographer dives beneath floating pumice to shoot unique video

    The seas around the main island of Okinawa Prefecture are rockier than usual — just not in the way y...

    November 12, 2021

  • Paws for thought

    Tiger ornaments line the shelves of a daruma doll shop in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The shop a...

    November 12, 2021

  • Childcare, nursing care workers likely to get 3% wage hike

    The government plans to raise the wages of childcare workers and nursing care workers by 3% as part ...

    November 12, 2021

  • Mie doctor depicts beauty of Ethiopia in art

    A girl carrying a large water container on her back, a boy chasing a herd of cattle, a family dresse...

    November 11, 2021

  • Wintry wingbeats

    A flock of greater scaup ducks fly over Kasai Marine Park in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. The park on Tokyo ...

    November 11, 2021

  • Micromosaics glitter as fashion accessories / Handcrafted montages of glass add original flair to any situation

    Specks of glass have never looked so lovely as they do in micromosaics, an art form in which tiny pi...

    November 11, 2021

  • Hokkaido eyed as potential cultivation area for sweet potatoes

    Efforts are underway to make Hokkaido, the main potato producing region in Japan, a growing area for...

    November 10, 2021

  • Temples in depopulated areas finding hope on internet

    With temples in depopulated areas finding it tough to survive amid a declining number of parishioner...

    November 10, 2021

  • Kyoto weaver innovates traditional kimono textile for the world

    Hosoo Co., a Kyoto-based Nishijin-ori textile maker founded in 1688, is seeking to mend the shrinkin...

    November 10, 2021

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