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- Volleyball: Japan's SV.League Targets Top Players, World No. 1 Status (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
As it bids to become the world's most competitive and popular volleyball league by 2030, Japan's rebranded SV.League is gradually lifting foreign player quotas originally intended to n...
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- Man Held For Allegedly Assaulting Japanese Celebrity Haruna Kojima (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
A 42-year-old man believed to be a student from Taiwan has been arrested in Tokyo for allegedly assaulting Japanese celebrity Haruna Kojima, the Metropolitan Police Department said Tu...
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- Japan Posts Record Number of Heatstroke Patients in May-Sept. (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The number of people who were sent to a hospital over heatstroke in Japan from May to September came in at 97,578, the highest level for the five-month period since 2008 when the statistic...
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- Energy Challenges / High Electricity Bills Overshadow Digitalization in Japan (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Recent events have shaken global energy markets and affected Japan, which relies on imports for most of its fuel. This is the third and final installment of a series examining potentia...
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- Japan Calls For Restraint After Israel Strikes Iran In Retaliation (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The Japanese government expressed concerns over Israel's attack on military facilities in Iran on Saturday and called for all parties concerned to exercise "maximum restraint" amid fe...
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- Japan Opposition Sees Change On Horizon After Strong Election Results (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan's main opposition party said strong results in the general election Sunday have made a change of government an achievable target, as smaller parties surged and the ruling coaliti...
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- Japan’s Politics Gets A Rare Dose Of Upheaval After Snap Election (ニュース)
- BBC
Japanese elections are normally steady and boring affairs - but this snap election was neither.
The dramatic vote follows a political funding corruption scandal that was revealed last year, w...
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- JR West Develops Knife-Resistant Umbrella to Protect Passengers; Company Upping Security Ahead of Osaka-Kansai Expo (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
West Japan Railway Co. has developed a stab-resistant umbrella that will be used to protect passengers and crew members from knife-wielding assailants on trains.
JR West will from Nove...
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- Japan General Election To Test Ruling Party, May Bring Uncertainty (ニュース)
- REUTERS
Japan's voters could end more than a decade of Liberal Democratic Party dominance on Sunday, forcing the ruling party into power-sharing deals that could undermine the country's leadershi...
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- Baseball: Arihara Stars As Hawks Take Japan Series Game 1 (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Kohei Arihara did it all for the Pacific League champion SoftBank Hawks, throwing seven scoreless innings and driving in the winning run in a 5-3 Japan Series Game 1 victory Saturday o...
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- Maika Hamano Helps Japan To Thumping Win (ニュース)
- CHELSEA AFC
Chelsea forward Maika Hamano helped Japan to an impressive 4-0 win over South Korea.
Hamano started the game at Tokyo's National Stadium on the bench and was among those who watched o...
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- Hiroshima Mayor Calls For Cooperation In Fight Against N-Weapons (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui addressed Seanad Eireann, the upper chamber of Ireland’s parliament, on Wednesday, seeking cooperation over the fight against nuclear weapons and over cal...
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- Sakamoto Kaori, Kagiyama Yuma Named To Japan's Asian Winter Games Team (ニュース)
- OLYMPICS
Japan bring out the big guns for the 7-14 February 2025 Continental Games in Harbin, People's Republic of China.
Reigning three-time world and national champion Sakamoto Kaori and Beijin...
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- BOJ Chief Warns Of Risks Of Raising Interest Rates Too Slowly (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Wednesday warned of the risks of moving too slowly in raising interest rates, saying striking the right balance is crucial for the Japanese econom...
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- Japan's Rising Ramen Prices Give Election Voters Food For Thought (仕事)
- VOA
Taisei Hikage is fighting a losing battle at his Tokyo ramen shop - not to attract customers, but to keep a lid on the price he charges for Japan's national comfort food in the face of an inc...
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