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Japan Gears Up for Long-Lasting Effects of Typhoon Hagibis, As Death Toll Rises to 74
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Tuesday, October 15, that the government was “putting out its full effort to [&
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PHOTOS: Hagibis Causes 14 Rivers to Overflow in Tokyo Metro, East Japan, October 13
In the early hours of Sunday, October 13, Typhoon Hagibis moved from the Tokyo metropolitan area up north-east region,
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Japan After Typhoon Hagibis: 24 Dead, 17 Missing, 170 Injured
Typhoon Hagibis – the 19th of the season and potentially the strongest in 51 years – passed Tokyo and East […]
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PHOTOS: Metro Tokyo as Typhoon Hagibis Approaches, October 12
Tokyo and its surrounding areas — Kanagawa, Chiba, Ibaraki, Gunma, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka — were bettered by heav
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UPDATE: Typhoon Hagibis Slams Tokyo, Easter Japan Amid Death, Injury, Evacuation
Typhoon Hagibis — potentially the strongest to hit Japan in 51 years — hit land in the Tokyo bay area around […]
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Japan Braces for What Could Be Strongest Typhoon in 51 Years
Story Updated at 1 AM, 12 October 2019 Super Typhoon Hagibis — the Philippine name for the 19th significant […]
Politics & Security
Jacques Chirac, the French President Who Loved Japan, Dies at 86
PARIS — Former French president Jacques Chirac died on September 26 at the age of 86, his family announced on […]
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Japan’s Consumption Tax By October 1: Which Products, Services Get 8% and 10%?
From Tuesday midnight, October 1, Japan’s consumption tax rate will be raised from 8% to 10%. At the same […]
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A Film 27 Years in the Making Captures Life in Whale-Hunting Indonesian Village
In the great ocean, a lamafa (whale hunter) engages in battle with a whale to humbly and gratefully […]
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[Mythbusters] ‘Washington Post’ Engages Toro Toro Bomber to Attack Japan
On August 29, 2019, the Washington Post published an article, “Japan is a Trumpian paradise of low immigration rates. It
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Meet the Winners of the 2019 Praemium Imperiale Awards
Now on its 31st year, the Praemium Imperiale Awards, known as the “Nobel Prize of Arts,” announced the 2019 […]
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Japan Art Association Announces Winners of 2019 Praemium Imperiale Awards from Germany, Japan, S. Africa, U.K., U.S.
The Japan Art Association announced on Tuesday, September 17, in various locations around the world the 2019 recipients