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Mercury Hits New Japan Record High of 41.2 C

  • Category:Nature
NIPPON
 
The temperature soared to 41.2 degrees Celsius in the western Japan city of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, around 2:39 p.m. on Wednesday, setting a new national record high, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The previous record was 41.1 degrees, set in the eastern city of Kumagaya,...

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Japan On Edge But Prepared For Tsunami After Huge Kamchatka Earthquake

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Towns, villages and nuclear reactors were evacuated and airports shut while office workers rushed to higher floors in coastal cities as Japan came under the threat of tsunamis Wednesday following a massive earthquake in the Russian Far East.
The country was prepared but on edge, wit...

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LFC And Kodansha Create Unique Shirts For Pre-Season Fixture In Japan

  • Category:Other
LIVER POOL FC
 
Liverpool’s players will wear unique, special-edition shirts for Wednesday’s pre-season fixture with Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan.
Created alongside the club’s official publication partner, Kodansha, the Reds’ jerseys for the game at Nissan Stadium will include names and numbers o...

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Japan To Launch Overhauled Residency System For Foreign Workers In 2027

  • Category:Tourism
BANGLADESH PRATIDIN
 
Japan has adopted a basic policy to implement a new residency qualification system for foreign workers, set to begin in April 2027. The move aims to replace the controversial technical intern training program and attract skilled labor from abroad through structured skill dev...

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Japanese Police Seek Info On French Woman Who Vanished 7 Years Ago

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese police on Monday renewed calls for information about a French woman who disappeared seven years ago during a trip to a tourist spot north of Tokyo.
Officers distributed flyers around Tobu Nikko Station and JR Nikko Station in Tochigi Prefecture, seeking details on the wherea...

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Vietnamese Technical Intern Arrested Over Saga Murder

  • Category:Other
JAPAN TIMES
 
Police have arrested a 24-year-old Vietnamese man on suspicion of murdering a woman at a house in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture.
In the incident, which occurred on Saturday, 40-year-old Japanese language instructor Maiko Mukumoto, a resident of the house, and her mother were st...

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Various Measures Taken in Japan to Reduce Food Waste

  • Category:Other
 NIPPON
 
Restaurants, manufacturers and retailers in Japan are taking new measures to reduce food waste, including the use of leftovers to generate electricity.
 
Akindo Sushiro Co., which runs conveyor-belt sushi chain Sushiro, and five other major restaurant operators have launched a project t...

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Latvian Staffer At Osaka Expo Goes Viral With Love Of Japan

  • Category:Event
KYODO NEWS
 
A Latvian staff member at the World Exposition in Osaka has drawn over half a million social media followers after posting about his experience of engaging with Japanese language and culture as a foreigner.
Artur Galata, 31, who has been posting on X and Instagram, said he was "very ...

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Japan To Mull Steps To Ensure Resident Tax Collection From Foreigners

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The internal affairs ministry plans to survey municipalities about uncollected resident tax from foreigners who leave Japan without paying, in order to consider countermeasures, a government source said Friday.
Workers living in Japan as of Jan. 1 are subject to resident tax for tha...

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Japan Ties With South Korea For Second Most Powerful Passport

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan has the world’s second most powerful passport — tied with South Korea — according to the latest Henley Passport Index ranking, which ranks passports on visa-free access to other countries.
Japanese and South Korean passport holders have visa-free access to 190 destinations out...

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