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Number Of Suicides In Japan Increased 8,000 Due To Pandemic: Study
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KYODO NEWS
The coronavirus pandemic led to 8,000 more suicides in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022 than would have been expected without it, a recent study calculated.
Women in their 20s saw the largest rise, but women aged 19 or younger also saw a significant increase, according to the s...
The coronavirus pandemic led to 8,000 more suicides in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022 than would have been expected without it, a recent study calculated.
Women in their 20s saw the largest rise, but women aged 19 or younger also saw a significant increase, according to the s...
- August 18, 2022
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Japan Launches Nationwide Competition To Boost Alcohol Consumption
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THE GUARDIAN
Contest asks young adults for ideas to revitalise popularity of alcoholic drinks after big fall in tax revenues
The Japanese government has launched a nationwide competition calling for ideas to encourage people to drink more alcohol after a change in attitudes among the young resu...
Contest asks young adults for ideas to revitalise popularity of alcoholic drinks after big fall in tax revenues
The Japanese government has launched a nationwide competition calling for ideas to encourage people to drink more alcohol after a change in attitudes among the young resu...
- August 18, 2022
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'Madame Butterfly': Japanese Fashion Pioneer Hanae Mori Dies
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BBC
Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, nicknamed "Madame Butterfly" for her signature winged motifs, has died. She was 96.
She died of old age in her Tokyo home on 11 August and was given a private funeral, local media reported.
Mori was most famous for being the first Japanese - and Asian -...
Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, nicknamed "Madame Butterfly" for her signature winged motifs, has died. She was 96.
She died of old age in her Tokyo home on 11 August and was given a private funeral, local media reported.
Mori was most famous for being the first Japanese - and Asian -...
- August 18, 2022
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Japan Princess Eager To Engage With Public By Passing On Culture
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KYODO NEWS
Princess Akiko said she values the opportunity to use her position in the imperial family to pass on traditional culture to Japanese children as she highlighted the importance of engaging with the general public in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News.
The 40-year-old eldest daught...
Princess Akiko said she values the opportunity to use her position in the imperial family to pass on traditional culture to Japanese children as she highlighted the importance of engaging with the general public in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News.
The 40-year-old eldest daught...
- August 17, 2022
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Gifu Pond Where 3,000 Fish Were Murdered Gets Back On Its Feet Thanks To Donations, Volunteers
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SORA NEWS
Touching outpouring of support comes from across the country as owner calls for burglars to apologize, but not to him.
Earlier this month Kazunori Yamada showed up at Tsuribori Honpo, the indoor fishing pond he runs in Toki, Gifu Prefecture, only to find a heartbreaking scene waiting ...
Touching outpouring of support comes from across the country as owner calls for burglars to apologize, but not to him.
Earlier this month Kazunori Yamada showed up at Tsuribori Honpo, the indoor fishing pond he runs in Toki, Gifu Prefecture, only to find a heartbreaking scene waiting ...
- August 16, 2022
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Japan Beachgoers Warned To Steer Clear Of Dolphins After Spate Of Attacks
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THE GUARDIAN
A single dolphin thought to have injured at least six people at beaches in Fukui prefecture, with one person requiring 14 stitches
Beachgoers in Japan are being urged to stay away from dolphins following a spate of attacks thought to involve a single animal that have left at least ...
A single dolphin thought to have injured at least six people at beaches in Fukui prefecture, with one person requiring 14 stitches
Beachgoers in Japan are being urged to stay away from dolphins following a spate of attacks thought to involve a single animal that have left at least ...
- August 16, 2022
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Japan PM Makes Donation To Yasukuni War Dead Shrine, Cabinet Members Visit
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CNA
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent an offering to a controversial Tokyo shrine for war dead visited by members of his Cabinet on Monday (Aug 15), the 77th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, moves set to anger South Korea and China.
With the Yasukuni Shrine seen as a symb...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent an offering to a controversial Tokyo shrine for war dead visited by members of his Cabinet on Monday (Aug 15), the 77th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, moves set to anger South Korea and China.
With the Yasukuni Shrine seen as a symb...
- August 15, 2022
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Industry Minister Nishimura Visits Yasukuni Shrine
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JAPAN TODAY
Japanese industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Saturday visited Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by its Asian neighbors.
The visit to the Shinto shrine, which honors convicted war criminals along with more than 2.4 million war dead, came ah...
Japanese industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Saturday visited Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by its Asian neighbors.
The visit to the Shinto shrine, which honors convicted war criminals along with more than 2.4 million war dead, came ah...
- August 13, 2022
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Xi Let Missiles Fall In Japan EEZ During Taiwan Drills: Sources
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KYODO NEWS
Chinese President Xi Jinping decided himself to let ballistic missiles launched by the military during recent large-scale drills near Taiwan fall in Japan's exclusive economic zone to deter Tokyo's interference in any cross-strait contingency, according to sources close to the matter...
Chinese President Xi Jinping decided himself to let ballistic missiles launched by the military during recent large-scale drills near Taiwan fall in Japan's exclusive economic zone to deter Tokyo's interference in any cross-strait contingency, according to sources close to the matter...
- August 12, 2022
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Japan's Daily COVID-19 Tally Hits Record 250,000 Cases
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KYODO
Japan's daily coronavirus tally soared to a record 250,403 cases on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's new Cabinet faces the challenge of tackling the seventh wave of the COVID-19 pandemic amid renewed concerns over a strain on the medical system.
"We will move into a new phase ...
Japan's daily coronavirus tally soared to a record 250,403 cases on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's new Cabinet faces the challenge of tackling the seventh wave of the COVID-19 pandemic amid renewed concerns over a strain on the medical system.
"We will move into a new phase ...
- August 11, 2022
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