
Secondary disasters feared after M7.3 quake in northeastern Japan
Authorities fear the possibility of secondary disasters in northeastern Japan as strong rain falls on areas hit by a mag...
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Coronavirus vaccines arrive in Japan
The first batch of coronavirus vaccines arrives in Japan, with a health ministry panel approving their use in the countr...
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Mori resigns as Tokyo Games organizing chief
Mori Yoshiro resigns as president of the Tokyo Games organizing committee amid growing criticism over his sexist remarks...
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Urine test may show possibility of severe COVID-19 symptoms
Researchers in Japan will conduct a clinical study on urine tests that could easily indicate the possibility of COVID-19...
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Processed video sheds light on black smoke at Fukushima Daiichi
Footage of explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant reprocessed by Nippon TV using state-of-the-art techn...
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Mt. Unzen eruption site to be preserved as disaster remains
Locals in southwestern Japan begin digging up areas devastated by the 1991 eruption at Mt. Unzen as part of efforts to p...
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Toyota revises up operating profit projection for FY 2020 again
Toyota Motor revises up its operating profit projection for fiscal 2020 again to 2 trillion yen despite the coronavirus ...
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Commemorating 20th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision with US submarine
Survivors and bereaved families of victims of the fatal collision between high school fishing training ship Ehime Maru a...
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Average monthly pay in Japan for 2020 down 1.2%
The average monthly pay for people working in Japan stood at 318,299 yen in 2020, down 1.2 percent from a year earlier.
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Sub collides with ship off southwestern Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force’s submarine collides with a commercial ship off southwestern Japan.
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