
JR halves price of bullet train tickets
Japan Railways Group companies cut the ticket prices of some bullet train and express trains to lure customers.
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Shogi prodigy Fujii becomes youngest double titleholder
Shogi prodigy Fujii Sota becomes the youngest player of the traditional Japanese board game to hold two of its eight maj...
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Nissan underreports Ghosn-linked income of 1 billion yen
Japanese tax authorities notify Nissan Motor that the automaker has failed to declare as income about 1 billion yen link...
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Rain storage facility built under Tokyo's Shibuya Station
A large rainwater storage facility is completed under Tokyo's Shibuya Station as a flood prevention measure.
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Harry Potter theme park to open in Tokyo
Tokyo will get a Harry Potter theme park due to open in 2023. The facility will display props and costumes from the wiza...
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Mysterious seeds delivered across Japan
Packages marked China Post containing mysterious seeds turn up in people's mailboxes across Japan despite no one orderin...
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Smoking area artwork for social distancing
Officials at Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward place artwork on the ground of a smoking area outside a train station to urge social...
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Fewer people out after summer holiday
The flow of people at major train stations in Tokyo on the first Monday after Japan's summer holiday season decreases co...
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Domestic air travelers in August down 65%
The number of passengers traveling by air within Japan during the summer holiday season in August drops 65 percent from ...
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Japan marks 75th anniversary of end of World War Two
Organizers scale back the event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II amid the novel coronaviru...
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