Early morning bear sighting captured on camera
At popular hiking spot Mt. Oyama in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, a surveillance camera has captured footage of a...
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Emergency rice balls prepared in disaster drill at Lawson store in Tokyo
Convenience store chain operator Lawson prepared emergency rice balls at one of its stores in Tokyo on August 26.This wa...
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Risk of road collapse high at 119 places on national highways in Japan
In January this year, a road collapse occurred in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo.The male driver of a truck ...
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Japan Post suspends some mail services to US over tariffs
Japan Post said it will temporarily suspend some mail services to the United States starting August 27.Postal items subj...
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Man swindled out of 10 mil yen in rice fraud
According to police, a man in his 60s living in Miyagi Prefecture, received an alluring email on his smartphone last mon...
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Japan's Foreign Ministry, municipalities address misinformation over special visa for Africa
The Japanese Foreign Ministry and local municipalities have rectified misinformation that has been spreading on the Inte...
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Tokyo AI video shows possible effects of Mt. Fuji eruption
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, in preparation for the possible eruption of Mt. Fuji, has produced a video on the pos...
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Climate change: Rare footage of Coral spawning in Tokyo Bay
Shimizu Junpei, NTV Cameraman: The coral is beginning to spawn eggs one after another. Pink eggs! They’re coming out slo...
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Seaside town begins demolition of hotel with haunted reputation
An abandoned hotel lies in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo.S/ Shimoda official/ I declare the start of a...
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Emperor Naruhito attends award ceremony for medical research in Africa
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended the fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize award ceremony held in Tokyo on Augus...
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