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Man dies after jacket caught in Japan escalator
Kyodo News, Published on 27/03/2024
» MITO, Japan - A man has died following an accident involving his suit jacket getting caught in an escalator at a station in eastern Japan, police said Wednesday.
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Quake death toll in Japan rises to 78
Kyodo News, Published on 04/01/2024
» KYODO - Search and rescue operations continued in Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan after it was struck by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with the death toll rising to 78 and more than 50 people still unaccounted for as of Thursday morning.
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Tuna fetches ¥36m at New Year auction in Tokyo
Kyodo News, Published on 05/01/2023
» TOKYO: A bluefin tuna fetched 36.04 million yen (US$273,000) on Thursday at the New Year's auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, more than double the top price last year, as the restaurant and food industries look to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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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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Victims speak up as Japan moves to protect young people in porn
Kyodo News, Published on 08/06/2022
» As Japan's parliament debates a new law drafted to protect young people who signed contracts to perform in pornographic productions, two women have spoken out about the abuses they suffered in the shady industry, hoping the legislation will be a "first step" toward ending exploitation.
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2 alleged call-scam ringleaders arrested in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 16/01/2020
» TOKYO: Two men believed to be ringleaders of a large-scale phone scam based in Thailand were arrested Thursday in Japan, bringing the total number of those arrested in the case to 28.
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Police: No signs of life at island eruption site
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2019
» SYDNEY: New Zealand police said they do not expect to find any more survivors on a volcanic island off the country's North Island where an eruption earlier Monday killed at least five people, according to local media reports.
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High-speed train hits truck on crossing in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2019
» YOKOHAMA, Japan: A man died and more than 30 people were injured when a high-speed train hit a truck and derailed in Yokohama on Thursday, police and rescuers from the city near Tokyo said.
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Trump's claim Abe's wife cannot speak English generates buzz
Kyodo News, Published on 21/07/2017
» Whether or not Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife can speak English is making the rounds online after a New York Times report Wednesday quoted US President Donald Trump as claiming she cannot even say "hello”.
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Japanese whalers return from Antarctic with 333 minke
Kyodo News, Published on 31/03/2017
» SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Three Japanese whaling vessels returned to the southwestern Japan port of Shimonoseki on Friday after catching 333 minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean as planned, the Fisheries Agency said.
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