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- Japanese City Registers Same-Sex Couple As Common-Law Spouses (ニュース)
- TIME OUT
This is the first reported instance of a same-sex couple being recognised as a de facto marriage in a residence certificate
Omura in Nagasaki is now the first known city in Japan to regi...
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- Holes Poked In Mount Fuji Barrier, Japan Town Says (ニュース)
- CNA
A Japanese town that mounted a huge barrier to deter unruly tourists from taking photos of Mount Fuji said Tuesday (May 28) that around 10 small holes have already been poked in the mesh scre...
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- Toyota to Resume Prius Production on June 17 (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday that it will resume production of its Prius hybrid car at a plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 17 after over two months of suspe...
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- Ground Self Defense Force Conducts Annual Live Fire Drill (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan's Ground Self Defense Force on Sunday held a live-fire drill at its Higashifuji training range near Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture.
The annual exercise, held since 1961, comes as ...
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- Japan PM To Discuss N. Korea In Summit With S. Korea, China Leaders (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a trilateral summit with South Korea and China, as the regional security environment has become more uncertain amid...
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- Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike Plans To Seek Third Term (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike plans to run in the capital’s July gubernatorial election as she sets her sights on a third four-year term.
Koike, who was reelected in 2020 as an independent,...
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- Sony Group To Boost Anime Business As Major Revenue Source (仕事)
- KYODO NEWS
Sony Group Corp. said Thursday it will boost its animation business by utilizing its leading-edge technologies, aiming to make it a major revenue source after games, music and movies.
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- Pair Of Premium Yubari Melons Sell For ¥3 Million (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
A pair of melons grown in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetched 3 million yen at the first auction of the season in Sapporo on Friday.
The auction was held at at the Sapporo City Central Wholes...
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- Births in Japan Drop to 170,000 in Jan.-March (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The number of babies born in January-March in Japan fell to 170,804, a preliminary health ministry report showed Friday.
The figure, which includes foreign nationals living in Japan, was d...
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- Airbus To Establish Tech Hub In Japan (ニュース)
- AIRBUS
Airbus has announced plans to establish a Tech Hub in Japan. The new initiative is designed to develop partnerships in the country to advance research, technology and innovation in aerospa...
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- Cabinet Minister Takaichi, More Than 90 Lawmakers Visit Yasukuni Shrine (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan's economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday visited Yasukuni Shrine, seen by some of Tokyo's Asian neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism, raising concerns abou...
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- South Korea-Japan Ties Tested By Dispute Over Line App (ニュース)
- VOA NEWS
Fragile South Korea-Japan ties are being strained yet again after South Korean politicians accused Tokyo of inappropriately pressuring a South Korean company to sell its stake in Line, t...
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- Travis Japan Is Coming To Bangkok This September (ニュース)
- TRAVEL AND LEISURE ASIA
J-pop group Travis Japan will visit Bangkok for a concert this year as part of their first overseas world tour starting in September.
The septet announced their ‘Road to A...
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- Softbank Corp To Help Call Center Workers By 'Softening' Angry Customer Calls With AI (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Dealing with irate customers can be extremely stressful for call center workers but Japan's SoftBank Corp thinks it has a solution: artificial intelligence-enabled software that softe...
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- Japan's Envoy Meets Anhui Governor in Eastern China (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Hefei, Anhui, China, May 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi held talks with Anhui Governor Wang Qingxian on Monday during his visit to the eastern China province....
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