Heated exchanges over Taiwan remarks in 1st party leader Diet debate under PM Takaichi
Political parties are given different amounts of time to question the prime minister depending on the number of seats th...
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Bear sighting image in Miyagi turns out to be an AI-generated fake
The town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture posted a photo on the X platform showing a bear walking on a road.Town official...
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79-year-old man kills elderly mother over exhaustion from caregiving
Another murder case resulting from elderly-to-elderly care has occurred in Japan.The incident occurred at this house in ...
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Abe assassin trial continues; reason for using gun revealed
The lay judge trial for Yamagami Tetsuya for the murder of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo continued on November 25 at ...
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M5.7 quake shakes Kyushu and Shikoku, in southwestern Japan
The earthquake estimated to be a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck parts of Kyushu and Shikoku, in southwestern Japan at...
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Bear escapes from enclosure at zoo in northern Japan
This footage of a bear was captured on November 21 at Omoriyama Zoo in the city of Akita.It is moving about energeticall...
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Broken pipe cuts off water in Okinawa, shuts down restaurants at airports
Restaurants inside Naha Airport were closed on November 25 after areas in Okinawa Prefecture braced for water shortage. ...
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7.5% of new condo buyers in central Tokyo are foreigners--Gov't survey
A survey by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism showed that 7.5% of those who purchased new ...
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SDF member stabs ex. girlfriend to death
A member of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, who was arrested after stabbing a female acquaintance to death in front o...
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Bear eats 2 metric tons of apples from orchard, causing 2 million yen in damages
In this surveillance footage, you can see a bear strolling along leisurely.The footage was captured on November 13 at an...
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