Japan looks to AI for coronavirus countermeasures

Japan looks to AI for coronavirus countermeasures

Japan's government launches a panel of experts to discuss formulating coronavirus countermeasures using artificial intel...

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Shibuya public restrooms get designer makeover

Shibuya public restrooms get designer makeover

ublic restrooms in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward are getting a makeover by 16 world-class architects and designers.

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Fewer people out in nighttime Tokyo on August 3

Fewer people out in nighttime Tokyo on August 3

Fewer people venture out to major areas of Tokyo on Monday night as the metropolitan government urges restaurants to sho...

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SoftBank Group fails to declare 40 billion yen in income

SoftBank Group fails to declare 40 billion yen in income

Japanese tax authorities have found that SoftBank Group Corporation failed to declare about 40 billion yen in income for...

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Monkey sightings in Tokyo

Monkey sightings in Tokyo

Witnesses report sightings of a monkey in residential areas of Tokyo over the weekend.

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Top court rules GPS tracking not tantamount to keeping watch in stalking

Top court rules GPS tracking not tantamount to keeping watch in stalking

Japan's Supreme Court rules that GPS tracking is not tantamount to the act of keeping watch on subjects under the anti-s...

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Bear caught in Hokkaido

Bear caught in Hokkaido

Locals in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido caught a brown bear in a trap on Thursday night.

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1 dead, 18 hurt in Fukushima explosion

1 dead, 18 hurt in Fukushima explosion

One man dies and at least 18 are injured in an explosion at a restaurant under renovation in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Mega in-station commercial facility to open at Tokyo Station

Mega in-station commercial facility to open at Tokyo Station

A gigantic in-station commercial facility featuring 153 shops and restaurants will open at Tokyo Station on August 3.

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Saliva testing for coronavirus antigen begins at Haneda, Narita airports

Saliva testing for coronavirus antigen begins at Haneda, Narita airports

Japan's government will nearly double the coronavirus testing capacity at international airports such as Haneda by intro...

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