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Tropical Storm South Of Japan Bringing Heavy Rain Along Pacific

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NHK
 
Japanese weather officials say a tropical depression over waters east of Amami-Oshima Island in southwestern Japan developed into a tropical storm as of 3 a.m. on Thursday, local time.
Tropical Storm Peipah is expected to approach western Japan. But extreme localized downpours are already p...

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Tropical Storm May Approach Western And Eastern Japan

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NHK
 
Japanese weather officials say a tropical depression to the south of Japan is likely to develop into a tropical storm late on Wednesday night. The storm is likely to approach western and eastern Japan from Thursday through Friday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says the depression, located...

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Anger In Japan After Instagrammer Drinks Burial Site Offering

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The Australian Embassy in Japan issued a warning to travelers to behave themselves after an Instagrammer drank offerings from a Japanese burial site, provoking widespread anger online.
In the most recent example of fame-seeking foreigners riling locals, Lochie Jones — reportedly an ...

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Japan Alerting Consumers to Cash-on-Delivery Problems

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NIPPON
 
Japan's National Consumers Affairs Center is raising an alert over unexpected cash-on-delivery goods.
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the NCAC received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services, such as paying for delivered goods they did not...

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Krispy Kreme Releases A Special 'Tsukimi' Moon-Viewing Doughnut In Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Krispy Kreme is world-famous for its original glazed doughnuts, but in Japan, where competition for doughnuts is fierce, the chain is consistently compelled to up its game with new limited-edition releases, and its latest is one of the best we’ve seen.
Called the Krispy Kreme Premiu...

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Upper House Election: Moriyama Says He’s Willing to Resign, Will Leave Final Decision to PM Ishiba Following Summary of July Election Defeat

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama announced on Tuesday that he is willing to resign from his post but that he would leave it to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to make the final decision.
Moriyama made the remark at a press conference after a general meeting o...

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Japan Govt to Support Cross-Prefectural Cooperation

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government Tuesday announced a system to support a new regional cooperation framework beyond prefectural boundaries.
The central government plans to provide grants and subsidies to help local governments and businesses pursue regional development initiatives, such as industr...

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Japan PM Ishiba Inspects Anti-Disaster Drill For Major Quake In And Around Tokyo

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NHK
 
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru inspected an anti-disaster drill on Disaster Prevention Day on Monday.
The drill was conducted based on the scenario that a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck with an intensity of upper six on the Japanese scale of zero to seven.
Ishiba visited a site in ...

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Woman Dies After Glider Crashes During Student Contest In Eastern Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
A woman was killed on Sunday in a crash during a university glider competition in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, local police said.
Police found the pilot, a woman believed to be in her 20s, at the crash site near the Tone River in Kumagaya after receiving an emergency call from a w...

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Japan Logs Hottest Summer on Record

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NIPPON
 
Japan logged its hottest summer ever this year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday.
The country's average temperature in June-August was 2.36 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year average through 2020 for the three-month period, hitting the highest figure on record dating to 1...

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