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Moon in N.Korea to boost waning de-nuke hopes
Kyodo News, Published on 18/09/2018
» SEOUL/PYONGYANG: South Korean President Moon Jae In was warmly welcomed Tuesday as he became the country's third president to visit Pyongyang, amid drastic changes in the situation surrounding efforts to denuclearise North Korea since the beginning of this year.
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AI plays cupid as Japan tries to boost marriage rate
Kyodo News, Published on 17/02/2024
» KYODO - With increasing numbers of people in Japan getting married late or not at all, local governments are turning to a new weapon in their fight to reverse the trend -- artificial intelligence (AI).
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Anime "Slam Dunk" makes successful leap onto S. Korean big screens
Kyodo News, Published on 11/02/2023
» A recently released reimagining of hit Japanese anime "Slam Dunk" has proven hugely popular in South Korea and brought with it a wave of nostalgia for the 1990s manga and television series as well as the underdog basketball team the film features.
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Japanese cafe giving joy to elderly dementia-sufferers and families
Kyodo News, Published on 28/09/2022
» A coffee shop in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi has begun catering to elderly people with dementia, creating a welcoming community between customers, their caretakers and the children given a chance to wait on them.
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Japan court recognises trans woman as parent of girl born before transition
Kyodo News, Published on 19/08/2022
» A Tokyo court on Friday acknowledged the parent-child relationship between a transgender woman and her daughter conceived using her frozen sperm and born to her female partner before legally transitioning, partially overturning an earlier family court decision.
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Japan probing mistreatment of pregnant foreign trainees
Kyodo News, Published on 20/08/2022
» The Japanese government is conducting a survey to determine whether foreign technical trainees have been forced by employers or intermediary groups to leave the country because they fell pregnant or gave birth.
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Artifacts from destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas stolen amid Afghan turmoil
Kyodo News, Published on 29/07/2022
» Artifacts from one of two Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 at the famous Bamiyan site in central Afghanistan were stolen from storage immediately after the Islamist group returned to power last August, according to people familiar with the case.
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App developed to automatically delete children's nude selfies
Kyodo News, Published on 05/07/2022
» A smartphone application that automatically deletes children's nude selfies from their phones has been developed in Japan to prevent sexual exploitation.
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Tour boat with 26 aboard loses contact off Hokkaido
Kyodo News, Published on 23/04/2022
» A tourist boat with 26 crew and passengers including two children went missing on Saturday while on a tour around the scenic Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard said.
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Japan mulls scrapping 100-day remarriage ban
Kyodo News, Published on 14/02/2022
» A Japanese government panel on Monday recommended abolishing the current 100-day remarriage ban for women after a divorce, in line with scrapping a century-old Civil Code provision that determines legal paternity.
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