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Hyogo Assembly Member Offers to Quit Nippon Ishin over Probe Data
KOBE (Jiji Press) — A Hyogo prefectural assembly member from Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovatio...
February 23, 2025
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Heavy Snowfall Forecast Still on Monday, with 70 Centimeters in Niigata Pref.
Heavy snow is expected in the Tohoku, Hokuriku, Kinki, Shikoku and northern Kyushu regions throug...
February 23, 2025
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‘Robot Hand’ Developed Using Muscles Cultured from Human-Derived Cells
A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo and Waseda University has succeeded in creatin...
February 23, 2025
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Poll: 16.5％ in Japan Want Death Penalty Abolished
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The share of people in Japan who believe that the death penalty system shoul...
February 22, 2025
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Gundam Expo Attraction to Launch Visitors into Space; Immersive Experience to Let People See, Feel Action
Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. has announced the outline of its attraction, featured in a pavilion th...
February 22, 2025
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Reporter Given Access to Organ Harvest Surgery; Medical Team Works with Respect for Donor’s Wishes
Last year, I was given access to a hospital where an organ donation surgery was about to take pla...
February 22, 2025
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Over 60% of Transplant-Related Surgeries in Japan Concentrated on Weekends, Holidays; Weekdays Booked Up With Other Types of Surgeries
More than 60% of the surgeries to remove organs from donors who were declared brain dead were con...
February 22, 2025
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Bookstore Revitalization Drawing More Attention;Yomiuri-Kodansha Proposal Spurs Fresh Interest
After The Yomiuri Shimbun and Kodansha Ltd. made public their joint proposal for revitalizing boo...
February 21, 2025
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Trillions of Yen May Be Flowing to Illegal International Sports Betting
Online sports betting has spread across the globe in recent years. As the phenomenon has grown, J...
February 21, 2025
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Hokkaido Cave Offers Hardy Travelers View of Glistening Ice Columns
Columns of ice glisten in Hyakujojiki cave in Date, Hokkaido. The columns are formed by water tha...
February 21, 2025
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Tokyo Symposium Discusses Value of Learning from Print Materials, Libraries in Age of Generative AI
The value of continuing to learn from print textbooks in the digital age was discussed at a sympo...
February 21, 2025
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About 225 Hectares Burned Due to Forest Fire in Iwate Pref.; 157 Residents From 62 Households Ordered to Evacuate
About 225 hectares have burned as of 7 a.m. on Friday as a result of a forest fire in Ofunato, Iw...
February 21, 2025
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Locals Promote Japan’s Kofu as UFO City; Activities in 2025 Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Alleged Alien Encounter
KOFU — Locals in the city of Kofu plan to hold an event to promote the city this year, which mark...
February 21, 2025
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Heavy snow advisory issued for Ishikawa Prefecture
The Meteorological Agency issued a heavy snow advisory for Ishikawa Prefecture on Friday because ...
February 21, 2025
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Govt to Show Recovery in 2011 Disaster-Stricken Areas During Expo; Video, Food, More Planned for Exhibit
FUTABA, Fukushima — The Reconstruction Agency’s exhibit at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo will show h...
February 21, 2025
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