First-Ever Test Removal of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Fuel Debris Completed

First-Ever Test Removal of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Fuel Debris Completed

In September this year, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) deployed a fishing rod-like device at the Fukushima Daiichi...

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Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit Turkish exhibition

Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit Turkish exhibition

Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visited the Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Tokyo on November 7. They went to...

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Food poisoning suspected in students back from Guam on 2 flights at Narita Airport

Food poisoning suspected in students back from Guam on 2 flights at Narita Airport

A total of 26 people who returned to Japan from their school trip to Guam complained of symptoms of food poisoning as th...

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Nissan to cut 9,000 jobs, decrease global production capacity by 20 percent

Nissan to cut 9,000 jobs, decrease global production capacity by 20 percent

Nissan Motor said on November 7 that its operating profit for the April-to-September period came to 32.9 billion yen, do...

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Princess Akiko of Mikasa celebrates Japan-Turkey ties

Princess Akiko of Mikasa celebrates Japan-Turkey ties

Princess Akiko of Mikasa attended a ceremony to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Japan-Turkey relations on November 6....

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 Horror manga artist Umezu dies at age 88

Horror manga artist Umezu dies at age 88

Horror manga artist Umezu Kazuo died in October at age 88.In the mid-1970s, Umezu won the Shogakukan Manga Award for "Th...

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Whale shark about 6-7 meters long spotted in southwestern Japan river

Whale shark about 6-7 meters long spotted in southwestern Japan river

Reporter: We see a dorsal fin over there. It looks like a large fish is swimming. The fish appeared to be about 6 to 7...

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Nihon Hidankyo says 31 delegates to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

Nihon Hidankyo says 31 delegates to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

A Japanese group representing survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will send 31 delegates to...

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Princess Aiko joins first tea reception at Imperial Palace in 5 years

Princess Aiko joins first tea reception at Imperial Palace in 5 years

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a tea reception for recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit and People of C...

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Japanese sake brewing to be on UNESCO list

Japanese sake brewing to be on UNESCO list

An advisory panel to UNESCO has said that registering Japan's traditional sake brewing skills as intangible cultural he...

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