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 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 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
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 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 of Akishino, who will enter the University of Tsukuba in April, obtained his driver’s license.Ac...
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Proposed US automotive import tariffs worry Japanese automakers
US President Donald Trump announced on February 14 that he is considering imposing tariffs on vehicles imported into the...
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Visitors to Hiroshima peace museum surpass 2 million for first time in FY2024
The number of visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum that documents the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima in wes...
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Quake-hit temple holds event for first time in 2 years
Quake-hit temple in Noto Peninsula central Japan held an event commemorating the passing of the Buddha for the first tim...
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T-rex costume race in snowy central Japan
A T-rex costume race was held at the 76th Tokamachi Snow Festival in Niigata Prefecture central Japan.The friendly compe...
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