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Rice Balls That Can Last For 100 Days At Room Temperature? Kyoto Company Makes High-Protein Onigiri

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SORA NEWS
 
Pretty much everyone is going to eat at least one onigiri in the next 100 days, right?
Onigiri (rice balls) are a staple of the Japanese diet. Some people eat them just about every day, and just about everyone eats at least a couple a month.
So basically, it’s not so much a question o...

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Nintendo Japan Recognises Same-Sex Marriage, Despite Japanese Law

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EURO GAMER
 
Empowering "each and every one of our unique employees."
 
Nintendo Japan has updated the Corporate Social Responsibility Information on its website to recognise same-sex marriage, even though it's banned in Japanese law.
A new section called Introduction of a Partnership System note...

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Unification Church Says Abe Shooter's Mother Is Follower

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NIKKEI ASIA
 
Religious group says it is aware that suspect's family suffered financial ruin
The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, said Monday that the mother of a man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a follower...

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Manga Creator Ken Akamatsu Wins Seat in Japan's House of Councillors

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ANIME NEWS NETWORK
 
Various Japanese media services projected on Sunday evening that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has won enough votes in the 26th House of Councillors election to secure a seat for manga creator Ken Akamatsu.
In a Twitter post announcing the win, Ken Akamatsu noted that he...

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Voting Underway In Japan's Upper House Election

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NHK
 
Voters in Japan are heading to the polls to choose Upper House representatives after a campaign dominated by debate over surging prices and national security.
Only half of the chamber's seats are being contested, which is routine for Upper House elections. The ruling coalition is looking to...

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Shinzo Abe Killing: Security Was Flawed, Japan Police Say

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BBC
 
Japanese police have admitted there were flaws in the security for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead in the southern city of Nara on Friday.
"It is undeniable that there were problems in the security," said Nara police chief Tomoaki Onizuka.
A gunman opened fire o...

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Japan Votes In Election Billed As 'Defense Of Democracy' As Police Admit Security 'Problems' During Shinzo Abe Assassination

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CNN
 
Japanese voters headed to the polling stations on Sunday for an election billed as a defense of democracy, just two days after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail.
Abe was shot in broad daylight on Friday in the central city of Nara while giving a s...

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Shooter Says He Believed Abe Promoted Religious Group That Bankrupted His Mother

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told police that he initially planned to attack a leader of a religious group that he believed caused his mother to become bankrupt through donations, investigative sources said Saturday.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, also admitt...

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Shinzo Abe: Japan Ex-Leader Assassinated While Giving Speech

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BBC
 
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after he was shot at a political campaign event.
Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech in the southern city of Nara on Friday morning.
Security officials at the scene tackled the gunman, and the 41-year-old suspe...

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Say Sayonara To Oily Eggplants In The Frying Pan With Japanese Farmer’s Healthy Lifehack

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Eggplants (or aubergines, if that's what you call them) are a versatile vegetable featured in the culinary traditions of many countries around the world.
In Japan, they're added to things like miso soup, grilled and seasoned in side dishes like 揚げびたし agebitashi, and featured in...

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