Nihon Hidankyo says 31 delegates to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
A Japanese group representing survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will send 31 delegates to...
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Japanese sake brewing to be on UNESCO list
An advisory panel to UNESCO has said that registering Japan's traditional sake brewing skills as intangible cultural he...
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BOJ Chief to stop saying there is time to spare in determining next interest rate hike
Bank of Japan Governor Ueda Kazuo said in an October 31 press conference that he will no longer use the expression that ...
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UN panel urges Japan to ensure gender equality in succession to throne
A United Nations panel has called on Japan to revise the imperial house law to "guarantee the equality of men and women"...
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Shanghai police crack down on Halloween crowd
NNN Correspondent / The entrance to a park is blocked.Shanghai police blocked entry to a park in the city on October 26 ...
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Japan's space agency approves two candidates as full-fledged astronauts
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has certified 29-year-old Yoneda Ayu and 47-year-old Suwa Makoto as official JAXA...
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Nobel laureate Hidankyo co-chair calls for abolition of nuclear weapons
S/ Tanaka Terumi, Co-chairperson, Nihon Hidankyo / People are injured, but care is not extended to them at all. People a...
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Cybersecurity class held at Tokyo high school
A practical cybersecurity class based on those conducted in the UK is held at an integrated junior and senior high scho...
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Pandas getting used to new home in China after return from Japan
Giant pandas Ri Ri and Shin Shin, who returned from Japan to China in late September, appear to be getting used to their...
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China criticizes Japan's Asian NATO proposal
Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian criticized Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's proposal for an "Asian ve...
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