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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...

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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...

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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 -...

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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...

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Make Pancakes Fluffier And Healthier With This Japanese Recipe

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Twitter user ぼく Boku (@boku_5656) is a "culinary researcher" who posts recipes with cute illustrations on their account.
You may have already heard about incredibly soft and fluffy Japanese pancakes, but the recipe that Boku recently introduced has an added advantage: it'...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Japan Marks 77 Years Since End Of WWll

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NHK
 
People in Japan are observing a solemn anniversary this Monday.
On August 15, 1945, a statement from Emperor Showa was broadcast on the radio, announcing that the country had surrendered in World War Two.
Nearly eight decades later, Japan marks the end of that war... and prays for peace. Ja...

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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...

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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...

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