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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Oct. 29 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What share of parents i
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Japanese recycling expert turns waste glass into Palau tourism success
KOROR, Palau (Kyodo) -- A Japanese-led glassware brand using discarded bottles has become one of Palau's signature local products, winning over enviro
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Toyota deploys AI-driven welding robot for racing kart production
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has introduced an AI-powered welding robot at a dedicated plant in central Japan that produces
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News in Easy English: Japan is a new place for 'inbound weddings'
DAISEN, Tottori -- Gil Hason, 34, and Niv Yohanok, 33, are from Israel. They had a Shinto wedding at Nawa Shrine in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, in Sep
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2 Japanese may have been on trains in Spain crash that killed 68
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two Japanese may have been on the trains involved in a crash in Spain that killed at least 68 people, Foreign Ministry officials said
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Baseball: Hawks sweep BayStars to clinch back-to-back Japan Series titles
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- The SoftBank Hawks clinched back-to-back Japan Series titles Wednesday as they completed a 4-0 sweep of the DeNA BayStars, with cat
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Cyclamen 'blueprint of life' decoded for 1st time by Japanese researchers
FUKAYA, Saitama -- Nearly the entire genetic "blueprint" of cyclamen plants, so common a sight brightening windowsills in winter, has been decoded for
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Japan hotline offers emotional support in Spanish, Portuguese
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- For people overwhelmed by distress or a sense of helplessness, being able to talk anonymously to someone who will simply listen ca
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Princess Kako sparks orders for earrings created by Japan indigo artisan
GOTEMBA, Shizuoka -- Orders poured in from across Japan for earrings made by a 27-year-old aspiring indigo dye artisan after Princess Kako wore them a
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M5.4 quake hits Chiba Pref. in east Japan, no tsunami warning issued
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck the northeastern part of Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, early Thursday, the w
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Japan university seeks approval for uterus transplants
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese medical university said Wednesday it is seeking approval for conducting a clinical trial of uterine transplants, aiming t
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First snow falls across Hokkaido as Japan weather office urges winter preparations
SAPPORO -- The city of Sapporo saw its first snowfall of the season on Oct. 28, around the average date for the season and five days later than last y