Japan's lunar probe SLIM succeeds in pinpoint landing on moon
Japan's lunar probe called SLIM has succeeded in pinpoint landing on the moon within 100 meters of the targeted touchdow...
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TEPCO postpones debris retrieval from Fukushima Daiichi for the third time
Tokyo Electric Power Company postpones its debris retrieval work at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant for the th...
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Sompo Insurance ordered to improve business over fraud scandal
Japan's Financial Service Agency issues a business improvement order to a Japanese insurance company giant over its invo...
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JR East says overhead line trouble caused by failed equipment
East Japan Railway says that the overhead line trouble that suspended service on three Shinkansen Bullet Train lines was...
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Apple to launch classical music app in Japan
IT giant Apple will launch an app dedicated to classical music called Apple Music Classical in Japan on January 24.
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Expect an early spring in Japan: weather officials
People in Japan can expect an early spring this year according to weather officials.
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Opposition party grills Kishida over Noto Peninsula quake disaster response
The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party grills Prime Minister Kishida Fumio over the government's response to the...
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Emperor and empress visit Tokyo museum to see reproductions of imperial artifacts
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit the Meiji Jingu Museum in Tokyo to see an exhibit featuring reproductions of a...
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Japanese IT firm sets up new base for cyberattack countermeasures
Japanese IT company GMO Internet Group sets up a new base in Tokyo for countermeasures against cyberattacks.
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Noto airport in quake-hit central Japan scheduled to reopen on Jan. 27
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announces that Noto airport in earthquake-hit Ishikawa Prefecture will resume commercial fl...
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