Hundreds released from crime group base in Myanmar

Hundreds released from crime group base in Myanmar

Thai authorities said about 200 Chinese nationals were brought to the Thai side of the border with Myanmar by bus on Feb...

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Princess Kako interacts with participants of Ship for World Youth

Princess Kako interacts with participants of Ship for World Youth

Princess Kako interacted with participants of the Ship for World Youth, which brings together young leaders from around ...

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Saitama Prefecture lifts evacuation order surrounding massive sinkhole

Saitama Prefecture lifts evacuation order surrounding massive sinkhole

Saitama Prefecture lifted an evacuation order on February 19 it had in place for 47 residents near a massive sinkhole th...

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Prices for rice in Japan at all-time high in January

Prices for rice in Japan at all-time high in January

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on February 19 that the trading price of new rice in Japan...

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Man who threw bomb at PM Kishida gets 10-year prison term

Man who threw bomb at PM Kishida gets 10-year prison term

The Wakayama District Court sentenced a man who threw a homemade explosive toward then Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in 2...

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Heavy snow disrupts traffic, delays bullet train

Heavy snow disrupts traffic, delays bullet train

Heavy snow blanketed Japan on February 19, disrupting traffic and delaying train services.Train services including the T...

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Mizuho Bank worker stole tens of millions of yen from safe-deposit boxes in 2019

Mizuho Bank worker stole tens of millions of yen from safe-deposit boxes in 2019

Mizuho Bank revealed that it found out in 2019 that its employee at the time had stolen tens of millions of yen in two c...

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Japan calls for maximizing nuclear power use in new energy policy

Japan calls for maximizing nuclear power use in new energy policy

The government approved on February 18 a new Strategic Energy Plan in which it calls for maximizing the utilization of n...

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Japan to consider raising private high school tuition aid

Japan to consider raising private high school tuition aid

Japan Innovation Party co-leader Maehara Seiji / The current cap on public aid for households with children attending pr...

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Japan's Prince Hisahito gets driver's license

Japan's Prince Hisahito gets driver's license

Japan’s Prince Hisahito of Akishino, who will enter the University of Tsukuba in April, obtained his driver’s license.Ac...

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