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Holiday Traffic Rush Hits Japan On 1st Day Of Golden Week 4-Day Break

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KYODO NEWS
 
All modes of transportation experienced peak congestion Saturday, the first day of the four-day holiday in the second half of Japan's Golden Week, as the travel and return rush intensified, operators said.
Reserved seats on shinkansen bullet trains were quickly filled, while many dom...

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Japan Ranks 66th In Press Freedom, Lowest Among G7

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan placed 66th in the 2025 freedom of press rankings announced by Reporters Without Borders on Friday, the lowest among the Group of Seven major countries.
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with the international journalist organization noting that "the principles of m...

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Japanese Police Arrest Man After Alleged Car Attack On Schoolchildren

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Motorist held in Osaka on suspicion of attempted murder after seven children injured, according to local media
Police in the Japanese city of Osaka have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after he drove his car into seven schoolchildren, according to local media.
The c...

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Snake Halts Japanese Bullet Trains After Wrapping Around Power Line

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BBC
 
One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.
Tokaido Shinkansen trains running between Tokyo and Osaka were suspended from around 17:25 local time on Wednesday.
Services resumed at around 19:00 local time, ope...

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Workers Observe May Day In Japan With Marches And Demonstrations

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Shouting “banzai!” or “live long,” thousands of people gathered in a Tokyo park on Thursday and marched through the streets to the banging of traditional drums, as Japan kicked off celebrations to mark May Day.
The holiday, also known as International Workers' Day or Labor Day, mark...

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MMA To Make Asian Games Debut Next Year In Japan

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Mixed martial arts (MMA) will make its Asian Games debut next year when Nagoya hosts the continent's premier sporting event, organizers said on Tuesday.
Cricket was also formally approved for inclusion at the Games during a meeting in host city Nagoya on Monday —despite doubts abo...

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Ex-Leaders of Japan's Komeito Meet with CPC Official

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NIPPON
 
Former leaders of Japan's junior ruling party Komeito held talks with a senior official of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on Wednesday.
At the meeting, Natsuo Yamaguchi and Keiichi Ishii, former heads of Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic ...

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Japanese Lawmakers Meet 3rd-Ranking Chinese Official; Pandas, Seafood Ban Among Topics

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
During the meeting, LDP Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama, who chairs the parliamentary group, said, “We would like to show concrete results and make efforts on both sides so that the people of Japan and China can feel happy about the development of Japan-China relations.”
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Japan PM Built "Relations Of Trust" With Vietnam, Philippine Leaders

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday he succeeded in building "relations of trust" with the leaderships in Vietnam and the Philippines during his trip to the two Southeast Asian nations.
Ishiba told reporters in Manila before he left for Tokyo that his four-day trip ...

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Japan’s Health Ministry To Start Testing AI In Safety Checks On Meat

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
The research aims to confirm whether the checked meat has abnormalities through AI analysis of photographs.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to start research this fiscal year on artificial intelligence programs for checking whether meat is safe for consumption bef...

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