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Beware of Sleeping In Public; Number of Thefts, Accidents Involving Drunken Nappers on Rise Across Japan
A growing number of intoxicated people are having their pockets picked after falling asleep on th...
March 13, 2024
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Railroad Track Slope Collapses in Ono, Hyogo Prefecture; Worker in his 50s Buried Alive and Dies
A slope collapsed on the Kobe Electric Railway line in Ono, Hyogo Prefecture, around 11:35 a.m. T...
March 12, 2024
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2 New Zealand Backcountry Skiers Killed, 1 Injured in Avalanche in Southern Hokkaido
SAPPORO — Police announced on Tuesday that the victims who were killed in an avalanche at Mt. Yot...
March 12, 2024
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News in Pictures: 13 Years On, Tohoku Remembers 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Many people visited seaside areas and monuments in the Tohoku region on Monday to remember loved ...
March 12, 2024
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Massive School of Sardines Illuminated by Cherry Blossom Colors at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama
A massive school of sardines illuminated by pink, sakura-colored lighting swims with music in the...
March 12, 2024
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Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Hits Chiba Prefecture
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake with an epicenter off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture struck at aro...
March 12, 2024
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Tomoko Akane Becomes 1st Japanese Judge Elected to Head ICC; Akane Received Arrest Warrant from Russia for Pursuing War Crimes (Update 1)
THE HAGUE — Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) elected Judge Tomoko Akane as its pr...
March 12, 2024
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Japanese Students Hold Event To Thank Taiwanese People for Donations Following 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
TAIPEI — Japanese students in Taiwan held an annual event on Sunday to thank the Taiwanese people...
March 11, 2024
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Survey Shows 2,300 Communities Nationwide have Created Disaster Management Plans; Lessons From Previous Disasters Used to Create Plans
It has been 10 years since the Community Disaster Management Plan system was systematically imple...
March 11, 2024
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30,000 Remain Evacuated 13 Years After Great East Japan Earthquake; Earthquake-Related Deaths Increased By 10 From Last Year (Update 1)
Monday marks the 13th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, which left more than 2...
March 11, 2024
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Two Dead After Avalanche in Southwestern Hokkaido; Victims Believed to be Backcountry-Skiing Foreign Nationals (Update 1)
A man and a woman, both believed to be foreign nationals, were rushed to a hospital in an unconsc...
March 11, 2024
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‘Open-Air Book Shop’ Opens in Town Affected by Fukushima Nuclear Plant Disaster; Owner Hopes to See Area Rejuvenated
OKUMA, Fukushima – In an area of rice fields where plots of land had been developed, many homes h...
March 11, 2024
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Indescribable Pain of Losing All 3 Children; Mother Shares Tragic Story of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
There have been countless times when Ryoko Endo, 55, has wanted to live in a place where nobody k...
March 11, 2024
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Yomiuri Survey: Reconstruction Still Underway in Some Municipalities 13 Years After Great East Japan Quake
Thirteen years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, eight of the affected municipalities s...
March 11, 2024
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Natto Speed-Eating Contest Held in Japan’s Mito; Annual Competition By Lake Senba Marks its 20th Year
MITO — An annual natto speed-eating contest was held in Mito, with 132 people competing to eat th...
March 10, 2024
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