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- Japan Eyes 3.6-Fold Increase in Squid Catch Quota
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- Tokyo court to decide in March on whether to disband former Unification Church
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- Sapporo in northern Japan taking emergency measure to swiftly clear street snow
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- Consumption tax, inflation top X posts regarding general election
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- JAXA Aims to Launch Epsilon S Rocket in Fiscal 2026
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- Tokyo Court to Rule on Unification Church Dissolution Order March 4
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- Japan Basic Industries Union to Seek 15,000-Yen Pay Scale Hike
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- 2026 POLLS: More Debate Sought over Defense Capabilities
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- Japan Retail Gold Prices Volatile on External Factors
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- Japan Eyes Feb. 18 Start of Post-Election Diet Session
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- 2026 POLLS: JIP Worried about Being Outshone by LDP Takaichi
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- Peak conditions: ‘Diamond Fuji’ visible from Tokyo Skytree
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- EXCLUSIVE-BOJ won’t come to the rescue of a Takaichi-driven bond rout
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- (Update) Tokyo Nursery School Teacher Arrested for Indecent Assault
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- Worshippers join monks in fire-walking ritual on Setsubun at Tokushima temple
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- Rising temperatures raise new risks in Japan's snow-hit areas
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- Japan's Forex Fund Special Account Eyed for Tax Cut Funding
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- Abe Killer Yamagami's Defense Appeals Indefinite Sentence
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- Tokyo Nursery School Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse
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- Sufferers of hay fever warned to beware of higher pollen counts
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- Pace of increase for rice export volume slackens as prices rise
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- JOC Launches Team to Combat Defamation of Olympic Athletes
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- Yamagami appeals life sentence for Abe assassination
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- Soldiers, snow plows in Japan battle deadly winter storms
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- Japan's Prudential Life to pause sales on misconduct scandal
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- A bean-throwing ritual to celebrate seasonal change and ward off evil at a Japanese shrine
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- INTERVIEW: Rengo Head Urges Wide-Ranging Changes for Gender Equality
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- 117 Lawmakers Say Japan Should Join Nuclear Ban Treaty: Hidankyo
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- Star Wars, castle sculptures on display at Sapporo Snow fest
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- Sapporo Snow Festival Opens in Japan with 210 Sculptures
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- Lawyers appeal life sentence for man in fatal shooting of Japan ex-PM Abe Shinzo
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- Japan's banks to float more loans to shipbuilders
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- Japan's Jera signs 27-year deal to buy LNG from Qatar
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- Nihon Hidankyo surveys Japan lawmakers on nuclear weapons ban pact
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- Shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe appeals life sentence
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- Mother of Japanese abduction victim turns 90, repeats her hope for reunion
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- Japanese, Thai Police Discuss Steps against Human Trafficking
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- Kyodo News Digest: Feb. 4, 2026
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- 90-Year-Old Mother of Abductee Laments Lack of Progress
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- Japan's Emperor, Empress meet with Nepalese president and his wife
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- Defense for Abe's Killer to Appeal Indefinite Term Ruling
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- Ruling parties eye Feb. 18 Diet session to pick Japan PM after election
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- Japan's Emperor, Empress Meet with Nepal's Pres. Paudel
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- Japan's transport minister scolds JR East over train service suspensions
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- Defense team for Japanese ex-PM Abe's shooter to appeal district court ruling
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- Kyodo News Digest: Feb. 3, 2026
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- 2026 POLLS: JIP, Sanseito Call for Cap on Foreigners in Japan
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- FOCUS: Foreigner issue under focus as parties rush to ease worries of Japanese voters
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- Shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe to appeal life sentence: sources
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- (Update) Nikkei Rewrites All-Time Closing High Ahead of Japan Election
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- 2026 POLLS: Youngsters Encourged in Various Ways to Go to Polls
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- Kyodo News Digest: Feb. 2, 2026
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- High Blood Sugar Raises Risk of Tooth Decay: Japanese Study
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- Japan Successfully Retrieves Rare Earth-Rich Sediment from Seabed
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- Ex-Mita Securities Exec, 4 Others Held for Alleged Insider Trading
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- Japan gov't spokesman denies PM Takaichi highlighted weaker yen's benefits
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- Japan begins over-the-counter "morning-after pill" sales to all ages
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- Timely Rate Hike Sought at Jan. BOJ Meeting: Summary
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- Global Efforts to Close Gender Gap "Precarious": UN Women Chief
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- Dollar Tops 155 Yen after Takaichi Cites Weak Yen's Benefts
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- Survey: 75% of Japanese companies use AI for business
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- ANA Holdings plans 30% increase in international passenger flights
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- Emergency contraception now available over the counter
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- FOCUS: Japan PM's power to dissolve lower house stirs debate ahead of election
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- Japan ruling bloc focusing on national strength, opposition on livelihoods
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- Financial conditions considerably accommodative amid weak yen: BOJ member
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- Japan begins over-the-counter sales of morning-after pills
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- 2026 POLLS: New Party Seeks to Scrap Consumption Tax
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- Journalist, Media Personality Morley Robertson Dies at 63
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- Police: Different attackers involved in cash robbery, attempted robbery in Tokyo
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- Four including Japanese indicted in Hong Kong over robbery of large sum of cash
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- 2026 POLLS: Responses to China, Trump Key Diplomatic Issues
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- FEATURE: Monster parents drive Japan teachers to breaking point
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- Minamata disease patients say government study pointless
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- Visitors admire plum blossoms at Kyoto shrine
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- Myanmar residents of Japan rally in Tokyo five years after coup
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- Japanese Journalist, Author Nobuhiko Ochiai Dies at 84
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- Voters Seek Diverse Measures in Lower House Election
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- Voters less likely to support female politicians wearing masks: survey
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- (Update 2) Takaichi Cancels TV Debate due to Hand Injury
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- Japan Party Heads Call for Support a Week Ahead of General Election
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- 36.1% plan to vote for LDP, 13.9% for new opposition party: Kyodo poll
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- Takaichi Responds to Interpretations of Her Yen Remarks
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- City in Hiroshima holds festival to promote safety, taste of its oysters
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- OTC Sales of Emergency Contraception to Start in Japan Mon.
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- NHK, university researchers develop power-generating OLED display device
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- Centrist Party Ready to Join Proposed National Conference
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- Rising costs push Japan stores to cacao alternatives before Valentine's Day
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- Japan's election exposes divide over China after Takaichi's Taiwan remarks
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- (Update) Takaichi Cancels TV Debate due to Hand Injury
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- Rice policy rekindled ahead of Japan election as PM Takaichi shifts course
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- JR group tackles congestion at women's toilets at stations
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- FEATURE: Japan startup expands "granny business" to put elderly women to work
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- Takaichi Cancels TV Debate due to Arm Injury
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- PM Takaichi hails weak yen for exporters, fund gains, sidesteps concerns
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- Recent cold snap creates massive ice pillars in gorge northwest of Tokyo
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- Kyodo News Digest: Feb. 1, 2026
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- Hong Kong police arrest 6 suspects in cash robbery case
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- 2026 POLLS: Komeito's Exit from Coalition Puts LDP in Tough Spot in Yamaguchi
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- Princess Kako went incognito for well-wishing palace preview
The Asahi Shimbun
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- NCAC: Don’t put a baby on top of a washing machine, ever
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- Japan, Britain agree to work on boosting supply chains for critical minerals
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- Event Held to Honor WWII-Era Japanese-Ameican Rights Activist
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- Victim says cash stolen in Hong Kong also targeted at Haneda
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- (Update) Japan, British Leaders Agree to Promote Cyberdefense Cooperation
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- 3 Japanese, 3 Others Arrested over Robbery in Hong Kong
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- Japan, British Leaders Agree to Promote Cyberdefense Cooperation
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- URGENT: Japan, Britain PMs agree on collaboration in critical mineral supply chains
Kyodo News
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- Takaichi vows to respect tradition and not step on sumo dohyo
The Asahi Shimbun
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- Pokemon card event at controversial shrine to Japanese war dead canceled after China protests
The Asahi Shimbun
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- Travelers between Japan, South Korea hit record high in 2025
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- Police look for ties between two attacks in Tokyo, Hong Kong heist
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- Afghan Embassy in Japan to Halt Operations Sunday
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- Party Chiefs Seek Support on 1st Weekend in Japan Lower House Race
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- Agency to stop telling lawyers deporting times of foreigners
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- 2026 POLLS: LDP Fund Scandal, Centrist Party Security Policy Rapped on Social Media
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- Chinese Advised Not to Visit Japan after Robbery
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- Japan, Britain leaders to confirm ties on defense, economic security
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- Fishing crew member found in critical condition near port in Hokkaido
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- Travelers between Japan, S. Korea Hit Record High in 2025
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- Japanese Actress Ryoko Yonekura Not Indicted over Drug Case
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- Japan's Negative Net Worth Hits 699 T. Yen at End of FY 2024
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- Ariana Grande responds to Vogue Japan Photoshop fail after fans spot 'sixth finger'
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- 2 arrested over 58 million yen robbery of Japanese men in Hong Kong
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- More details emerge after cash-filled suitcases stolen in Tokyo
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- Narita airport allows foreign cargo vehicle drivers without Japan licenses
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- Kyodo News Digest: Jan. 31, 2026
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- Snowboarding: Self-coaching Miki eyes Olympic gold with support team
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- Coalition pushes revival of ranks from imperial military days
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- South Korea thanks Japan after military aircraft makes emergency landing
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- Japan Govt Data Confirms No Forex Intervention in Jan.
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- Japan, S. Korea Defense Chiefs Agree on Mutual Visits
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- Japan, S.Korea defense chiefs vow to deepen cooperation through mutual visits
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- Japan expected to double areas with overtourism countermeasures
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- Japan Housing Starts Fall to 62-Year Low in 2025
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- Private Rice Stocks in Japan Jump 34 Pct in Dec.
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- (Update) Full Wage Talks Start in Japan with Labor-Management Forum
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- Japan to more than double number of regions tackling overtourism by 2030
Kyodo News
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- Japan Struggling to Reduce Rare Earth Dependence on China
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- Harvard Professor Emeritus Akira Iriye Dies at 91
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- Japan Forms Group to Protect Juveniles from Social Media Issues
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- US leaves Japan on currency monitoring list
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- China renews call to avoid traveling to Japan after robbery in Tokyo
Kyodo News
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- INTERVIEW: JCP's Shii Says LDP Politics Worse Over 3 Decades
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- Japan Sees Record 42.43 M. Foreign Entrants in 2025
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- (Update) JR Joban Line Halted Due to Power Failure at Tokyo's Ueno
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- Japan’s labor force population tops 70 million for the first time
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- 2026 POLLS: JIP Vows to Be "Accelerator" in Ruling Coalition
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- Number of foreign employees in Japan hits record, topping 2.5 million in 2025
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- Hiroshima court backs payouts for hibakusha living overseas
The Asahi Shimbun
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