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Komodo Dragon To Be Exhibited At Central Japan Zoo
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KYODO NEWS
A Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard, will be housed at a central Japan zoo, the city of Nagoya said Monday, making it the only one of its kind to be exhibited in the country.
The reptile, a 13-year-old male named "Taro," will arrive in Japan on July 18 and be exhibited at Hig...
A Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard, will be housed at a central Japan zoo, the city of Nagoya said Monday, making it the only one of its kind to be exhibited in the country.
The reptile, a 13-year-old male named "Taro," will arrive in Japan on July 18 and be exhibited at Hig...
- July 8, 2024
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Heatstroke Alerts Issued Across Japan As Heatwave Leads To Four Deaths
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THE GUARDIAN
Average number of heatstroke-related deaths each year has increased six fold since 1995
Japan’s meteorological agency has issued a heatstroke alert for 26 of the country’s 47 prefectures, urging people not to go outside unless absolutely necessary, to use their air conditioners dur...
Average number of heatstroke-related deaths each year has increased six fold since 1995
Japan’s meteorological agency has issued a heatstroke alert for 26 of the country’s 47 prefectures, urging people not to go outside unless absolutely necessary, to use their air conditioners dur...
- July 8, 2024
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Japan Introduces Enormous Humanoid Robot To Maintain Train Lines
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THE GUARDIAN
The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or paint brushes
It resembles an enormous, malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway’s new humanoid employee was designed with nothing m...
The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or paint brushes
It resembles an enormous, malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway’s new humanoid employee was designed with nothing m...
- July 6, 2024
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Japan Plans to Develop New Radar System to Monitor Beyond Horizon; Govt Eyes Radar Use Around Yonaguni Island to Monitor Chinese Vessels
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JAPAN NEWS
The government plans to accelerate research on the development an over-the-horizon (OTH) radar that can detect targets at ranges beyond the capabilities of standard radar.
The radio waves emitted by radar currently used by the Self-Defense Forces cannot reach beyond the horizon. The ...
The government plans to accelerate research on the development an over-the-horizon (OTH) radar that can detect targets at ranges beyond the capabilities of standard radar.
The radio waves emitted by radar currently used by the Self-Defense Forces cannot reach beyond the horizon. The ...
- July 6, 2024
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Japan to Pursue Fuel Production for Fast Reactors; Seeks to Avoid Shortage, Protect Domestic Energy Security
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JAPAN NEWS
The government intends to promote the domestic production of fuel for fast reactors, a type of next-generation nuclear reactor, as part of efforts to realize their commercialization, it has been learned.
Construction of a new plant will be considered to produce fuel for the Joyo ex...
The government intends to promote the domestic production of fuel for fast reactors, a type of next-generation nuclear reactor, as part of efforts to realize their commercialization, it has been learned.
Construction of a new plant will be considered to produce fuel for the Joyo ex...
- July 4, 2024
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Over 80 Nursing Homes In Japan Went Bankrupt In First Half
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JAPAN TIMES
A severe labor shortage and rising prices are weighing heavily on Japan's nursing care providers, with 81 nursing homes going bankrupt over the past six months, a Tokyo-based research center has said.
This is the highest number recorded for the first half of the year since the nursi...
A severe labor shortage and rising prices are weighing heavily on Japan's nursing care providers, with 81 nursing homes going bankrupt over the past six months, a Tokyo-based research center has said.
This is the highest number recorded for the first half of the year since the nursi...
- July 4, 2024
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Japan Declares Victory In Effort To End Government Use Of Floppy Disks
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CNA
Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the bureaucracy.
By the middle of last month, the Digital Agency had scrapped all 1,034 regulations governing th...
Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the bureaucracy.
By the middle of last month, the Digital Agency had scrapped all 1,034 regulations governing th...
- July 4, 2024
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Japan Top Court Says Forced Sterilisation Unconstitutional
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BBC
Japan's top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s.
The Supreme Court also ordered the government to pay damages to 11 victims, who were involved in five cases that were heard on appeal.
Wed...
Japan's top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s.
The Supreme Court also ordered the government to pay damages to 11 victims, who were involved in five cases that were heard on appeal.
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- July 3, 2024
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Woman Arrested For Letting Newborn Baby Die At Home Says She Was Pessimistic About Future
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JAPAN TODAY
A 22-year-old unemployed woman who was arrested last month on suspicion of abandoning the body of her newborn baby daughter at her home in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, has said she became pessimistic about her and the baby's future and that she didn't know what to do after the b...
A 22-year-old unemployed woman who was arrested last month on suspicion of abandoning the body of her newborn baby daughter at her home in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, has said she became pessimistic about her and the baby's future and that she didn't know what to do after the b...
- July 3, 2024
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EU-Japan Data Deal Kicks In
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RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS
Free flows of data are part of broader initiative to boost innovation and technology ties
Data can now flow freely between organisations in the EU and Japan, under a deal that kicked in on 1 July.
According to the European Commission, the deal “will facilitate busines...
Free flows of data are part of broader initiative to boost innovation and technology ties
Data can now flow freely between organisations in the EU and Japan, under a deal that kicked in on 1 July.
According to the European Commission, the deal “will facilitate busines...
- July 2, 2024
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