World's largest manga fan fest Comic Market celebrates 50th year
S/ Suzuki Kiwamu, NTV Reporter / The Comic Market celebrating its 50th anniversary is underway. The venue is lively with...
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College students arrested for stealing from Osaka Expo
S/ Reporter/ A car carrying Natori is coming out of the Osaka Prefectural Police Konohana station.Natori Toshiyasu, a 21...
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Emperor vows to pass down WWII memories on 80th anniversary
Japan observed the 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on August 15.A total of 3,358 bereaved relatives of...
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Farm minister Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine on August 15
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi Shinjiro visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on August 15.He was th...
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Toyota forecasts 1.4 trillion yen drop in profits from weight of US tariffs
Toyota Motor announced in a forecast revision an expected 1.4 trillion yen decrease in operating profits for fiscal 2025...
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Hiroshima observes 80 years since atomic bombing, mayor urges young people to take action
Hiroshima observes the 80th anniversary since the United States’ atomic bombing of the western Japanese city on August ...
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Kamchatka quake largest since 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: USGS
The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30 was ...
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Japan on high alert as tsunami warnings trigger evacuations
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning and advisory on July 30 due to a large earthquake with a ma...
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Family, police looking for info on missing French woman who disappeared in 2018
A French woman who was visiting tourist destination Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture went missing 7 years ago on July 29. Tip...
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Japanese life expectancy ranks in top 10 in the world, women's dropping over last year
The average life expectancy of Japanese people for 2024 was 87.13 years for women and 81.09 years for men, according to ...
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