China sanctions Japanese lawmaker over Taiwan ties
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced sanctions against Furuya Keiji, former chairman of the Liberal Democratic ...
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Japanese Emperor welcomes Indonesian President at Imperial Palace
Japanese Emperor Naruhito met with visiting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on March 30.The emperor welcomed the p...
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Quake-damaged Tsubame shinkansen train sets out on new journey from Kumamoto
Early on March 29, a Tsubame shinkansen train car was loaded onto a trailer and departed from a maintenance depot in the...
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Smart trash bins installed in Hakone to tackle tourist waste
In Hakone Town,of Kanagawa Prefecture, as the number of tourists increases, the capacity of trash bins has become insuff...
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Japan compiles road map with plan to reduce bear population in Tohoku by 20 percent
On March 27, the government compiled a road map to address issues involving bears.The move came as Japan has experienced...
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Runaway deer walks into Osaka police station
On March 24, a deer was spotted in Osaka.Despite a crowd gathering around it, the deer appeared unfazed and continued wa...
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11 railways in Tokyo-centered Kanto area make credit card tap payment interoperable
Using credit cards to tap and ride trains in the Kanto area centered on Tokyo has become more convenient.Eleven railway ...
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Ex-boyfriend fatally stabs female Pokemon store clerk, then himself in Tokyo's Ikebukuro
At about 7:30 p.m. on March 26, a man stabbed a 21-year-old female clerk at a Pokemon Center store inside the Sunshine C...
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NY-based doctor served another arrest warrant for splattering oil at Naritasan temple
The police have served a new arrest warrant on Kanayama Masahide, a New York-based Japanese doctor who was extradited to...
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GSDF member arrested for intruding into Chinese Embassy
On March 24, police arrested a 23-year-old male member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force for allegedly trespassing in...
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