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Fatal Bear Attacks In Japan Hit Record Number

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FRANCE 24
 
Bears have killed a record number of people in Japan this year, the environment ministry said on Thursday just as another possible victim was reported missing.
Bears hungry because of shortages of food such as acorns -- which has been blamed on climate change -- are encroaching more i...

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Political Maneuvering Heats Up Over Japan’s Next Prime Minister

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
Ruling party President Sanae Takaichi met separately with each of the leaders of the three opposition parties to seek cooperation in the prime ministerial election and Diet management during the extraordinary Diet session expected to be convened next Tuesday.
 
Liberal Democra...

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Leaves Floating in Mist: Autumn Foliage Reaches Peak in Japan’s Shiga Highlands

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The autumn foliage has reached its peak in the Shiga Highlands in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture.
The deciduous trees, dyed in autumnal hues, like the red mountain ash and yellow Japanese birch, stand out against the greens of the conifers.
Despite the rainy weather on Monday, tourist...

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Osaka Expo Draws 25.57 M. Visitors in 184 Days

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NIPPON
 
The 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka attracted a total of 25,578,986 visitors during its 184-day run through Monday.
According to the data released by the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the event’s organizer, on Tuesday, 207,889 people visited th...

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Japan's First Win Over Brazil Decades In The Making, Says Coach

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FRANCE 24
 
Coach Hajime Moriyasu said Japan's first win over Brazil had been decades in the making and backed his players to use it as a springboard to World Cup success.
Japan stunned Brazil with three second-half goals to claim a 3-2 friendly victory in Tokyo on Tuesday, their first win over t...

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Human Washing Machine Pods Coming To Japanese Hotels

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JAPAN TODAY
 
At hotels in Japan, the bathing facilities usually fall into two broad categories. There might be a traditional setup, with compact shower booths where you wash off before entering a large communal tub to soak in, or you could have a more modern full-size in-room shower, often as pa...

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Ticketed Visitors To World Expo In Osaka Total More Than 25.57 Million

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NHK
 
The organizer of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, western Japan, says the number of ticketed visitors to the event that ran for six months totaled more than 25.57 million.
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition said on Tuesday, one day after the Expo closed, that the number of tic...

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Japan to Elect New Prime Minister on Oct. 21

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NIPPON
 
The Diet, Japan's parliament, will elect a new prime minister to replace Shigeru Ishiba on Oct. 21, a senior official at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday.
Yoshihiko Isozaki, the LDP's Diet affairs chief in the House of Councillors, told his counterpart from the opposition...

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Internet Becomes Japan's Top Daily News Source For First Time

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The internet has become the main source of daily news in Japan, overtaking commercial television for the first time, a survey by the Japan Press Research Institute has shown.
When asked about which news source they use on a daily basis, a question added in fiscal 2018, 46.5% of resp...

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Typhoon Nakri Storm Zone Nears Japan's Izu Islands

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NHK
 
 
Strong Typhoon Nakri was approaching southern parts of Japan's Izu Islands on Monday morning, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the island chain that was recently hit by another storm.
As of Monday morning, the islands of Hachijojima and Aogashima were in the storm zone of Nakri.
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