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An American tourist has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and arson after allegedly setting fire to a hotel in Okinawa where he was staying, with 18 other guests inside. Posedion Roberson is accused of deliberately starting the blaze at Hotel Hamby Resort in Chatan a...
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For many people outside Japan, kimono exist as a distant cultural icon — garments seen in films, museum exhibitions and travel magazines. It’s easy to view them simply as beautiful artifacts, rather than something tactile and lived-in. But encountering kimono in person completely...
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Kyoto’s charms without the hordes of tourists The post Kanazawa Travel Guide: A Taste of Old Japan appeared first on Metropolis Japan .
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x402 gives software a native way to pay. voidpay is building what lets agents privately hire for a result: sealed work, a rule fixed before the job starts, completion checked by machine, and payment that settles from the buyer's wallet when the rule passes....
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- New sekiwake Fujinokawa expressed determination Thursday to establish himself at sumo's third-highest rank ahead of the Autumn Grand
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Shirakawa, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2000 for developing conductive polymers, a key component of modern touch screens, died late last month....
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The remaining amount of general reserve funds is around ¥800 billion. In addition, about ¥1.9 trillion is left in reserve funds for responses to the situation in the Middle East....
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SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, long known for its reputation as being largely cockroach free, may begin to see more
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East Japan Usami and Kyoei Sekiyu of Tokyo, Eneos Wing of Nagoya, Enex Fleet of Osaka and Kitaseki of Miyagi Prefecture are suspected of violating the antimonopoly law....
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It is targeting mixed-use complexes with high-end office, retail and hospitality spaces in prime Tokyo locations.
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TOKYO -- The Japanese government is considering creating a program to support Japanese-language learning and other needs of foreign residents, shiftin
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Hideki Shirakawa, a 2000 Nobel laureate in chemistry known for his discovery and development of conductive polymers, died in
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The years 1989 and 1990 marked a historic turning point both in Japan and abroad. The Heisei era (1989-2019) began, and the Cold War came to an end. J
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese team of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence system to better detect marine plastic waste on the seabed, i
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange's mainstay Prime, Growth and Standard sections saw 17 companies go public in the first half of the year, down about 30% from a year before....
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Before "Backrooms" became a movie, the singing-synthesizer software Vocaloid was the hallmark of the liminal and the uneasy in Japan.
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The agriculture ministry plans to hold a briefing this month on potato pests and diseases identified as possibly posing a threat to domestic agriculture....
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While most runway shows are invite-only, online streams and events throughout Tokyo give everyone the chance to participate.
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TOKYO -- Three companies managing the copyrights of the hit manga "Saint Seiya" filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 2, seeking appr
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The National Police Agency plans to toughen the mandatory skills test for drivers aged 75 or older with a history of certain traffic
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TOKYO -- A Japan police advisory panel has proposed the early introduction of remote analysis of smartphones used by anonymous, fluid crime groups, de
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Japan's Ministry of Justice has positioned that "voice rights" are subject to legal protection, and in guidelines has identified acts that could be co
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Sept. 3 to test your news knowledge. Ready?Which new cellphone num
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Japan's currency is back below ¥158 to the dollar for the first time since early August.
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SENDAI -- To create a comfortable and more pleasant working environment throughout the year, the Miyagi Prefectural Government in northeastern Japan h
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursday, tracking overnight Wall Street gains after a rise in U.S. Treasury yields settled.In the first 1
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The asset manager, which oversees about $1.5 trillion globally, changed its weighting a day before Japan's 10-year government bond yield touched a century high of 3%....
