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Record 36.8 million tourists visited Japan in 2024

Record 36.8 million tourists visited Japan in 2024

Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan last year, figures showed Wednesday,...

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Japan reports 70 mil COVID cases, 130,000 deaths in 5 years since outbreak

Japan reports 70 mil COVID cases, 130,000 deaths in 5 y...

As Japan marks five years on Wednesday since its first confirmed case of COVID-1...

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Tokyo governor wants to start study abroad grant system, including monthly activity allowance

Tokyo governor wants to start study abroad grant system...

As anyone who’s ever looked into the prospect of studying abroad at anything bey...

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Chance of Nankai Trough megaquake raised to 80%: gov't panel

Chance of Nankai Trough megaquake raised to 80%: gov't ...

The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 year...

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Japan ruling bloc to visit China, meet Communist Party officials

Japan ruling bloc to visit China, meet Communist Party ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The secretaries general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Pa...

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Japan, US, Australia, India eye diplomatic talks on January 21

Japan, US, Australia, India eye diplomatic talks on Jan...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan, the United States, Australia and India are arranging to ...

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Football: Anrie Chase eyes bigger impact in breakthrough Stuttgart season

Football: Anrie Chase eyes bigger impact in breakthroug...

STUTTGART, Germany (Kyodo) -- From making his German top-tier debut on the openi...

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Football: Japanese defender Hiroki Sekine to join French club Reims

Football: Japanese defender Hiroki Sekine to join Frenc...

REIMS, France (Kyodo) -- Japanese defender Hiroki Sekine is set to join France's...

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Boxing: Injury-hit ex-WBO minimumweight champ Ryuya Yamanaka retires

Boxing: Injury-hit ex-WBO minimumweight champ Ryuya Yam...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Former WBO minimumweight boxing champion Ryuya Yamanaka, who re...

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Haiku in English: Jan. 13, 2025

Haiku in English: Jan. 13, 2025

leafless treespatients in the courtyardof the oncology clinic--Mirela Brailean (...

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Teenager falls from building in Tokyo, killing himself, injuring passerby

Teenager falls from building in Tokyo, killing himself,...

A teenage boy fell or jumped from the 10th floor of a building in Tokyo’s Shibuy...

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Football: Chase eyes bigger impact in breakthrough Stuttgart season

Football: Chase eyes bigger impact in breakthrough Stut...

STUTTGART, Germany (Kyodo) -- From making his German top-tier debut on the openi...

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Venezuela's Maduro sworn in for 3rd term as global backlash and sanctions mount

Venezuela's Maduro sworn in for 3rd term as global back...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for ...

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A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa's problem of urbanizing while poor

A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa's proble...

KIAMBU, Kenya (AP) -- Turn into Tatu City on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, N...

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Croatia's President Milanovic overwhelming favorite to win reelection in a runoff vote

Croatia's President Milanovic overwhelming favorite to ...

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- Croatia's incumbent President Zoran Milanovic will be th...

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Football: Kyogo Furuhashi nets 10 goals for 4th season in row as Celtic win

Football: Kyogo Furuhashi nets 10 goals for 4th season ...

DINGWALL, Scotland (Kyodo) -- Japan forward Kyogo Furuhashi bagged a brace as le...