Akita dog walking event held in Tokyo in memory of faithful Hachiko
A dog walking event for the Akita Inu breed takes place in Tokyo to mark 100 years since the birth of Hachiko, the faith...
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Children set up dragon statue at shrine in western Japan
Children set up a gigantic dragon statue made of rice straw at a shrine in western Japan to welcome the year of the drag...
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Ex-Johny & Associates starts compensating sexual abuse victims
Smile-Up, the successor firm to Johnny & Associates, announces that it has started compensating victims of sexual abuse ...
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1,000 North Korean defectors join job-hunting event in South Korea
More than 1,000 North Korean defectors join a job-hunting event in Seoul.
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Temple workers weave sacred ropes from rice straw
Workers at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Chiba Prefecture weave sacred ropes from rice straw.
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Japan pledges to stop building unabated coal power plants but wins "Fossil of the Day" award at COP28
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says Japan will stop building unabated coal power plants at the COP28 summit, but the count...
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Princess Aiko turns 22
Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, turns 22 years old.
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500 days to go until Osaka Expo
A ceremony takes place in Tokyo to mark 500 days to go until the Osaka Expo begins in western Japan.
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20 years of flights between Tokyo's Haneda and Seoul's Gimpo airports
A ceremony commemorating 20 years of flights between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Seoul's Gimpo Airport takes place in the...
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International nuclear disarmament conference holds second meeting
The Second meeting of States Parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons begins at the United Nations...
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