Flooding hits Yamagata Prefecture

Flooding hits Yamagata Prefecture

Over 700 people are ordered to evacuate when heavy rain causes a major river in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan, to ...

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Thinking outside the lunchbox

Thinking outside the lunchbox

People are embracing fun ways to reduce the millions of tons of edible food that is wasted in Japan each year.

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Caregiver robot on the job at preschool

Caregiver robot on the job at preschool

At a preschool in Tokyo, a robot is helping to lighten the load of teachers and caregivers.

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First hearing on Fukushima waste water plan

First hearing on Fukushima waste water plan

Public hearings open on how to dispose of tritium-laced water building up at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.

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Olympic gymnast's accusation shocks Japan

Olympic gymnast's accusation shocks Japan

An Olympic gymnast rocks Japan's gymnastics association with power harassment accusations.

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Child abuse cases hit record high

Child abuse cases hit record high

Child abuse cases in Japan passed 130,000 for the first time ever in fiscal 2017.

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Govt's disabled worker scandal grows

Govt's disabled worker scandal grows

A scandal over Japan's government padding disabled worker figures spreads to the Diet.

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Govt wants flying cars by 2020s

Govt wants flying cars by 2020s

Japan will aim to build a workable flying car by the 2020s.

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IKEA Japan to remove all single-use plastic products

IKEA Japan to remove all single-use plastic products

Furniture giant IKEA Japan announces it will remove all single-use plastic products by 2020.

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Homework banned from online transactions

Homework banned from online transactions

Japan's education ministry and three major online flea market operators agree to ban transactions of school homework.

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