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Decked out for graduation
Sixth graders don expensive hakama outfits for graduation.小学校の卒業式 「はかま姿」が人気に小学校の卒業式がピークを迎えた。晴れの舞台に「はかま姿」の児童の姿が目立つようになってき...
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Legionnaires' outbreak at hot spring infects 14
An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at a hot spring in western Japan sends 14 people to hospitals.
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Near-endangered stork chicks hatch
Oriental storks, once extinct in Japan, hatch on Shikoku Island.
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Two collapse in snow hut from carbon monoxide poisoning
An elderly man and woman collapse in a snow hut from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning while barbecuing mutton in Sappo...
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Kindergarten president says he got ¥1m from Abe's wife
The president of a scandal-hit kindergarten tells Parliament that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife Akie donated one mill...
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Govt seeks unified automatic brake standards
Japan is moving to create unified standards for automatic brakes to halt a rise in accidents involving elderly drivers.
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First birth from anonymous donor
For the first time reported in Japan, a woman has given birth with an egg provided by an anonymous third party donor.
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Helicopter carrier Saga to track Chinese subs
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force commissions the Kaga, a large new helicopter carrier, amid increased Chinese activit...
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TEPCO plans overhaul to fund Fukushima cleanup
Operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant plans a reorganization to find funds to cover nuclear disaster ...
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Govt. says imported meat poses no health risk
Japanese health authorities say that there is no health risk to consumers from chicken meat imported from a Brazilian co...
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