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                - No. of legal foreign residents in Japan hits record high, topping 3.95 mil      
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                    20 days ago
                
- Hokkaido Shinkansen apologizes for driver 'spacing out' while operating bullet train      
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                    20 days ago
                
- 'Time runs away': Japan's city with a two-hour cap on phone use      
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                    20 days ago
                
- 'Papa Katsu' Cop Indicted for Indecent Acts With Underage Girls      
                    News On Japan
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                    21 days ago
                
- Unknown bright objects approached reactors at Saga nuclear plant in July      
                    Japan Today
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                    21 days ago
                
- Remains identified as 6-year-old girl missing in 2011 tsunami      
                    Japan Today
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                    21 days ago
                
- Mobile battery starts emitting smoke inside plane bound for Tokyo’s Haneda airport      
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                    21 days ago
                
- Typhoon No. 22 Leaves Hachijo Island Devastated with Roofs Torn Off and Roads Blocked      
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                    21 days ago
                
- 'The True Story of Empress Kojun' Released      
                    News On Japan
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                    21 days ago
                
- Typhoon batters Izu islands      
                    Japan Today
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                    22 days ago
                
- Rising bear attacks prompt new shooting rules, but hunters dwindle      
                    Japan Today
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                    22 days ago
                
- Kyoto’s Pine Trees Wrapped in Straw to Guard Against Winter Pests      
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                    22 days ago
                
- TEPCO considers scrapping some older reactors at Niigata nuclear plant      
                    Japan Today
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                    22 days ago
                
- Japanese teachers' working hours longest in OECD surveyed nations      
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                    23 days ago
                
- 1 dead, 4 injured in boat collision on Tokyo canal      
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                    23 days ago
                
- Bear wanders into Gunma supermarket, injures 2 customers      
                    Japan Today
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                    23 days ago
                
- Two Hyogo Police Officers Arrested for Possessing Marijuana      
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                    23 days ago
                
- Osaka Expo set to end in black with up to ¥28 bil surplus      
                    Japan Today
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                    23 days ago
                
- Narita's holdouts fight for a future beneath the flight path      
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                    23 days ago
                
- Guests evacuated from Kyoto hotel after portable battery catches fire      
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                    23 days ago
                
- Bear wanders into supermarket Gunma, injures 2 customers      
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                    23 days ago
                
- Bear Breaks Into Gunma Supermarket      
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                    23 days ago
                
- Bosozuku Rattle Tokyo's Harumi Flag Apartments      
                    News On Japan
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                    23 days ago
                
- University Ex-Employee Arrested for Spraying Bodily Fluid on Female Student’s Shorts      
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                    23 days ago
                
- Okinawa Court Orders Families To Pay For Police Station Damaged In Riot      
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                    24 days ago
                
- Japanese banks irked by people stealing free ATM envelopes and selling them online      
                    Japan Today
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                    24 days ago
                
- Over 40,000 Sign Petition Against Hotel in Wasabi Fields      
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                    24 days ago
                
- Aぇ! Group’s Kusama Released From Custody After Public Indecency Arrest      
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                    24 days ago
                
- Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi win 2025 Nobel medicine prize      
                    Japan Today
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                    25 days ago
                
- Spanish tourist attacked by bear cub in Shirakawa village in Gifu      
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                    25 days ago
                
- Overnight train collision near Tokyo causes long delays for commuters      
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                    25 days ago
                
- As media trust crumbles in Japan, online buzz booms      
                    Japan Today
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                    25 days ago
                
- Abacus making a comeback with Japanese kids in an increasingly digital age      
                    Japan Today
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                    25 days ago
                
- 15 injured after sightseeing boat hits quay in Shizuoka Prefecture      
                    Japan Today
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                    25 days ago
                
- Honey Trap Crimes Becoming More Malicious      
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                    25 days ago
                
- Emperor and Empress Visit Kyoto for First Time in Six Years      
                    News On Japan
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                    25 days ago
                
- Mobile Battery Catches Fire on Osaka Metro, Two Women Injured      
                    News On Japan
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                    26 days ago
                
- Aぇ! Group Member Arrested for Indecent Exposure in Tokyo      
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                    26 days ago
                
- Woman Killed with Dozens of Stab Wounds in Higashi-Osaka      
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                    26 days ago
                
- World-renowned innovator Minerva University extends study program to Tokyo      
                    Japan Today
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                    26 days ago
                
- One of Tokyo’s most useful subway lines for travelers is about to get more convenient      
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                    26 days ago
                
- Filipino man with Japanese roots denied request for Japan nationality      
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                    26 days ago
                
- One dead, one missing in northern Japan after bear attack      
                    Japan Today
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                    27 days ago
                
- Bones Found in Kochi Mountains Linked to Crime Syndicate Victim      
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                    27 days ago
                
- U.S. Embassy in Japan suspends X accounts during government shutdown      
                    Japan Today
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                    27 days ago
                
- Osaka suspending new Airbnb-style special zone private lodging applications following backlash      
                    Japan Today
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                    27 days ago
                
- Number of foreign kids in Japan out of school rises above 1,000 in 2024 survey      
                    Japan Today
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                    27 days ago
                
- Flu season begins in Japan; 2nd earliest in 20 years      
                    Japan Today
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                    27 days ago
                
- Why Japan Fears Immigrants: The Untold Truth      
                    News On Japan
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                    27 days ago
                
- Shibuya calls for ‘Stop Troublesome Halloweens,’ bans electric scooters      
                    Japan Today
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                    28 days ago