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More People Ordered To Evacuate As Japan Wildfire Continues

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MEHR NEWS
 
The Iwate Prefecture government issued a new evacuation order for 333 people from 141 homes, adding to the more than 4,000 residents in around 1,900 households already told to abandon their homes, Kyodo News reported.
As of 6 a.m. local time Saturday, the fire that started in the Akas...

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Famed Japanese TV Host Monta Mino Dies At 80

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Monta Mino, who hosted many television shows in Japan, died in the early hours of Saturday, Nikkoku Corp., the water meter company he chaired, said. He was 80.
Mino, whose real name was Norio Minorikawa, joined Nippon Cultural Broadcasting in 1967. After leaving the company, he beca...

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Acting South Korea President Hopeful For "New Chapter" With Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
South Korea's acting president, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang Mok, expressed hope Saturday that his nation and Japan can open a new chapter in their bilateral relationship by healing wounds of the past and celebrating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic normalization.
Choi made the ...

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Residents Evacuate To Shelters Amid Forest Fire In Japan’s Iwate

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
The fire threatened the Ryori district fishing community, whose residents were told to evacuate. Located by a cove on a jagged coastline, the village was devastated by the tsunami from the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
Firefighting efforts continued Thursday, a day afte...

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164 Serious Accidents involving Motorists, Cyclists on Smartphones in 2024

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JAPAN NEWS
 
A record 164 incidents that resulted in either deaths or serious injuries were caused last year by people distracted by smartphones or other devices while driving their cars or riding bicycles, according to the National Police Agency.
Of the 164 cases, 136 were caused by vehicles, up...

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Niigata Nuclear Plant’s Anti-Terrorism Facility Delayed; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Director Cites Newness of Concept

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The construction of an anti-terrorism facility for the No. 7 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture will be completed in August 2029, much later than the scheduled completion in March this year, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. announced Thur...

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Hands-Free Luggage Service Allows Visitors To Japan To Travel Light, Decrease Congestion On Trains

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ANN
 
Luggage are checked in at airports and train stations and delivered to accommodations or destinations the same day.
Hands-free luggage services that allow foreign visitors to Japan to travel light have begun to spread, with luggage being checked in at airports and train stations and deliver...

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Asahi Kasei Initiates Biogas Purification System At Japan Sewage Treatment Plant

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BIO ENERGY NEWS
 
Asahi Kasei and Kurashiki City held a grand opening ceremony on February 4, 2025, for a biogas purification system (the System) in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
The System uses Asahi Kasei’s CO2 separation/recovery technology utilising zeolites installed at a sewage trea...

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Japan to Oblige Companies to Participate in Emissions Trading

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government adopted a bill Tuesday to oblige companies that emit at least 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year to participate in the country's carbon emissions trading system.
According to the bill to revise the law on promoting green transformation, which the government abb...

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Japan and UNICEF Support Free Nutritious Meal Program in Papua

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IDX CHANNEL
 
The Government of Japan and UNICEF Indonesia, in collaboration with the Indonesian National Nutrition Agency, have launched a new partnership.
The new partnership aims to support the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal Program (Makan Bergizi Nasional) and enhance the quality ...

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