Nagasaki marked 81 years since the US atomic bombing on August 9.Representatives from 98 countries, including six nuclea...

August 6 marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima.People started gathering at Hiroshima Peace M...

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Typhoon Chan-hom could hit Tokyo areas during summer break

Typhoon Chan-hom is expected to lash Japan during the country’s Obon-summer holidays. Typhoon Chan-hom is currently over...

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Landslide cuts off nearly 400 people in Nagano

390 people became stranded on August 9 after a landslide swept away a bridge on a road leading to a trailhead in Nagano ...

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Prince Hisahito offers flowers at Hiroshima atomic bomb memorial

Prince Hisahito visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 7.This is his first official trip to the western Japanes...

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Powerful typhoon nears Okinawa, affecting daily life in southwestern Japan

A large and powerful typhoon came close to Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami region in Kagoshima Prefecture on August 7.T...

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New domestically made humanoid robot designed to ease labor shortages in Japan

S/ Humanoid robot / I am D1. I am a robot designed to work alongside people.On August 5, a domestically produced humanoi...

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Takaichi pledges funding plan for consumption tax cut

Regarding alternative revenue sources to offset the reduction of the consumption tax on food and beverages to 1 percent—...

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Kumamoto begins rebuilding amid harsh conditions a week after powerful quake

One week after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28, power restoration is making progress in...

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Emperor, Empress and Princess Aiko send condolences to Kumamoto quake victims

Kumamoto Prefecture said on August 4 that Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko had conveye...

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