Nagasaki District Court rules some of plaintiffs be issued hibakusha health certificates
In a lawsuit in which Nagasaki A-bomb survivors who were exposed to the atomic bomb outside the government-designated A-...
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Japan Shogi Association unveils new Shogi Hall
The new Shogi Hall, marking the centenary of the Japan Shogi Association, has been completed in Sendagaya, Tokyo, and wa...
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Test towing of Kishiwada Danjiri Festival's floats held
S/ Reporter: The thermometer in my hand reads 37 degrees Celsius. It's hot. The people are also very hot. This is the t...
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No abnormality detected a month after Nankai Trough megaquake emergency info
On August 8, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first-ever emergency information warning people about the possib...
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Gutsy watermelon's offspring served to visitors at Osaka botanical garden
Last October, a "gutsy" watermelon was found growing on a median strip of Midosuji Boulevard, a main street in Osaka.The...
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Japan and South Korea to cooperate in evacuating nationals in third countries
S/ Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan / A memorandum has been signed, confirming that we will cooperate in protectin...
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Prince Hisahito releases his birthday comments
Full text of Prince Hisahito's written birthday comments The following is a translation of the full text of Prince Hisa...
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North Korea abductee Yokota Megumi's photo exhibition underway
Yokota Sakie, the mother of Yokota Megumi, who was abducted by North Korean agents decades ago when she was 13, visited ...
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Prince Hisahito, second in line to Japan's throne, turns 18
Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to Japan's Chrysanthemum throne, turned 18 years old ...
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Deep-sea drilling project to study mechanism of 2011 Great East Japan quake
Researchers will survey the mechanism behind what caused the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in a new deep-sea drilling...
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