A news quiz is available to test knowledge of recent events. The quiz, dated September 15, can be used to assess how closely one has been following the news.
It includes a question about a new program to be launched by the University of Tokyo. The program is described as a five-year professional program, but details are limited.
Further information about the quiz and the new program can be found through the source, which provides a way to try the quiz and learn more about current events.
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ICHIHARA, Chiba -- A traditional "dagashiya," or Japanese candy shop, here was recently flooded twice by heavy rains, but community supporters are det
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NAGOYA -- Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, the figure skating pair known as "Rikuryu," will take part in the torch relay for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Game
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan reached a record high of 107,677 in September, climbing for the 56th consecutive year
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Tuesday morning amid lingering concerns over a slowdown in artificial intelligence development, but buybacks
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NAGANO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A large herd of deer was spotted this summer in the Southern Alps on the border of Ina and Oshika in Nagano Prefecture, centr
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ride-hailing app operator Go Inc., Waymo LLC, the self-driving vehicle unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., and Nihon Kotsu Co. said
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan began accepting reservations Tuesday for discounted travel and hotel stays in Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures under a campaig
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KITAKYUSHU -- An organization representing shop owners in Uomachi Gintengai, known as the birthplace of Japan's covered shopping arcades, has been sel
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ruling party lawmakers from Taiwan and Japan responsible for foreign affairs and defense on Monday discussed cooperation over economi
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SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- Police on Tuesday conducted an evacuation drill using cars in Tomakomai based on the scenario of a major tsunami warning being issu
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TOMISATO, Chiba -- Autumn watermelon cultivation is expanding in this eastern Japan city, one of the country's leading watermelon-producing areas, as
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese electronics firm Sharp Corp. said Tuesday it has started taking domestic orders for artificial intelligence servers, made by
