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Crime & Courts
Sources: Kadokawa sought favors from ex-Games exec
A former director of Kadokawa Corp. and another executive of the major publishing firm allegedly ask...
September 16, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Govt ordered to pay damages over death of detained Cameroon man
MITO, Ibaraki (Jiji Press)—A district court Friday ordered the government to pay ¥1.65 million in da...
September 16, 2022
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General News
Japanese professor wins Ig Nobel Prize
Gen Matsuzaki, 50, a professor at the Chiba Institute of Technology, and four others won the Ig Nobe...
September 16, 2022
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Politics & Government
CDPJ to be absent from Abe’s state funeral
The ruling and opposition parties have settled on their policies regarding attendance at the state f...
September 16, 2022
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Defense & Security
Ransomware damage reports surge in January-June
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of ransomware damage reports made to Japanese police in January-June...
September 16, 2022
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Washington Post
U.S. expects months of intense fighting in Ukraine-Russia war
Despite Ukrainian forces’ startling gains in the war against Russia, the Biden administration antici...
September 16, 2022
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Defense & Security
Chinese survey ship enters Japan’s territorial waters near Kagoshima Pref.
A Chinese Navy ship intruded into Japanese territorial waters near islands in Kagoshima Prefecture o...
September 16, 2022
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Manga & Anime
Mangaka Fujiko Fujio A’s final essay carried in manga magazine
An essay by mangaka Fujiko Fujio A, who died in April at 88, is being carried posthumously in an Oct...
September 16, 2022
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Climate Change
Greenland treads softly on tourism as icebergs melt
ILULISSAT, Greenland (AFP-Jiji) — As tourists flock to Greenland to take in its breathtaking iceberg...
September 16, 2022
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General News
Japan expects to secure minimum reserve margin for stable electricity supplies this winter
The reserve margin of electricity is expected to exceed 4% across Japan this winter, surpassing the ...
September 16, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo slightly lowers COVID-19 alert level following decrease in new cases
The Tokyo metropolitan government lowered its coronavirus alert to the second-highest level on Thurs...
September 16, 2022
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Politics & Government
South Korea, Japan, differ over summit ‘agreement’
SEOUL — Japan and South Korea are at odds over an “agreement” announced by the South Korean presiden...
September 16, 2022
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General News
Govt plans to offer nationwide travel support
The government has begun considering the launch of a new nationwide travel support program to stimul...
September 16, 2022
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General News
Govt plans to lift ban on entry of individual tourists
The government plans to lift an entry ban on individual tourists around October, significantly relax...
September 16, 2022
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Climate Change
Iraq’s Garden of Eden now ‘like a desert’
HUWAIZAH MARSHES, Iraq (AFP-Jiji) — To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilo...
September 16, 2022