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1 month ago

Ever dreamt of living the school life seen in Japanese anime? Now you can for ₹17,000

A Japanese company, Undokaiya, is providing a rare opportunity for foreign tourists to step into the shoes of a Japanese student for a day. According to Mainichi News, the programme, aptly named “Your High School,” allows participants to immerse themselves in the unique culture of Japanese secondary schools for just 30,000 yen. Another teacher, Rukia Kikuchi, is known for her …

Japanese School Life

1 month, 1 week ago

Man arrested for snatching glasses off people’s faces while riding moped

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 49-year-old man in Tokyo, …

Japan Glasses

5 months ago

Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida says he will step down as leader of LDP next month, won’t run for re-election

CNN

Tokyo CNN — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will step down next month and will not run for a second term as leader of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, following a series of political scandals that fueled calls for him to resign. “I have made the heavy decision with a strong desire to move forward with political …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Japan declares victory in 20-year ‘war on floppy disks’

The Telegraph

Japan’s government has declared victory in a 20-year war to eliminate the widespread use of floppy disks. The move is a key milestone in the Japanese government’s painstaking efforts to modernise its old-school office practices, with fax machines still ubiquitous in many departments. “We have won the war on floppy disks on June 28!” Taro Kono, the digital minister, who …

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8 months, 1 week ago

双语早读丨世界首个“牙齿再生药物”将在日本进行临床试验

China Daily

据日本媒体报道，日本科学家将开展世界首个“牙齿再生药物”的临床试验，研究人员希望这种药物不仅能治疗先天缺牙症，最终还可以帮助后天缺牙和蛀牙患者长出新牙。 Photo/Pexels 据日本《每日新闻》报道，日本科学家将在京都大学医学部附属医院开展世界上首个“牙齿再生药物”的临床试验。 Japanese scientists are set to kick off the world's first clinical trials of "tooth regrowth medicine" at the Kyoto University Hospital, The Mainichi reports. 来自日本初创公司Toregem Biopharma的研究人员计划招募一批从出生起就缺少部分或全部牙齿（先天缺牙症）的患者参加这次试验。 Researchers from the Japanese startup Toregem Biopharma are planning to enroll patients who were born missing some or all of their teeth from birth, a condition called congenital anodontia, for the …

Japanese Teeth

8 months, 1 week ago

世界首个“牙齿再生药物”将在日本进行临床试验

China Daily

据日本媒体报道，日本科学家将开展世界首个“牙齿再生药物”的临床试验，研究人员希望这种药物不仅能治疗先天缺牙症，最终还可以帮助后天缺牙和蛀牙患者长出新牙。 Photo/Pexels Japanese scientists are set to kick off the world's first clinical trials of "tooth regrowth medicine" at the Kyoto University Hospital, The Mainichi reports. 据日本《每日新闻》报道，日本科学家将在京都大学医学部附属医院开展世界上首个“牙齿再生药物”的临床试验。 Researchers from the Japanese startup Toregem Biopharma are planning to enroll patients who were born missing some or all of their teeth from birth, a condition called congenital anodontia, for the trials. 来自日本初创公司Toregem …

Japanese Teeth

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Koichiro Ito, Suzume, Your Name producer, arrested for soliciting explicit images from minor

Hindustan Times

Koichiro Ito, the Japanese producer who contributed to some of the highest-grossing anime hits revered by fans worldwide, was arrested in Tokyo by Wakayama Prefectural Police this week. Japan's local newspaper, Mainichi Shimbun, outed the news on Thursday, claiming that the Your Name producer had met the minor on social media. With Ito's industry credits dating back approximately 20 years, …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Japan city faces criticism for promotional stunt using ‘extremely expensive’ sex doll

Hindustan Times

A city in Japan is facing criticism and an audit after a government official purchased an ‘extremely expensive’ sex doll to promote tourism. According to the case report published by Mainichi, the auditors dismissed the prefecture’s claims about the sex doll attracting more tourists. As per a case report, the official in question purchased the sex doll from a company …

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1 year ago

日本海岸出现大量死鱼官员称原因尚不清楚

China Daily

近日，日本三重县志摩市波切渔港发现大量死鱼冲上岸边，死鱼多到渔船寸步难行。当地渔业工作者正在进行回收处理。 Officials in Japan have admitted they are struggling to determine why hundreds of tonnes of fish have washed ashore in recent days. 由于担心死鱼会腐烂破坏海洋环境，降低水中氧气含量，当地渔民们争相打捞这些鱼。离奇死鱼引渔民担忧当地渔民表示，第一次见这么多死鱼漂浮在海面上，并担忧短期内频繁出现大量死鱼可能意味着海洋生态系统正在发生变化。 “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” a fisher who has worked in the area for 25 years told the Mainichi Shimbun. It makes me wonder if the marine ecosystem is changing.” 一位在该地区工作了25年的渔民告诉日本每日新闻社，“我以前从未见过这样的事情。直到去年左右，我们才开始在波切捕到寿南小沙丁鱼。这让我怀疑海洋生态系统是否正在发生变化。” 日官员称尚不清楚原因 …

Fish Hokkaido

1 year, 9 months ago

Can you be pulled up for taking too many smoke breaks? Ask this Japanese employee who was fined Rs 8.9 lakh

Firstpost

A smoke break is injurious to your income. He was ordered to refund 1.44 million yen of his wages along with receiving a six-month salary reduction We all know that smoking kills. Three employees of the Osaka Prefectural Government in Japan were disciplined for smoking while at work after being observed taking more frequent smoke breaks than permitted, according to …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Bereft of love: Japanese people have lost 'romantic ability' leading to low birth, marriage rates, says politician

Firstpost

Narise Ishida, a member of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party from Mie Prefectural Assembly, suggested that the government should conduct a survey to determine people’s ‘romantic ability’ Tokyo: Japan’s plummeting birth and marriage rate is not a result of the high cost of maintaining a family, but owing to people’s lack of “romantic ability”, claimed a Japanese politician. Narise Ishida, a …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Today in History: December 11, King Edward VIII abdicates British throne

Associated Press

Today in history: On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print In 1946, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund was established. Share Share Copy Link copied …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Japan honours Shinzo Abe with controversial state funeral

Al Jazeera

Japan bids assassinated leader farewell amid anger over the cost of the state funeral and his party’s ties to the Unification Church. Japan has bid farewell to assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a rare state funeral that divided the nation. But Kishida defended the state funeral as necessary, citing Abe’s “achievements” over his eight years in office and …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Protesters call for cancellation of state funeral for Japan’s Abe

Al Jazeera

Some 62 percent of respondents in recent poll by Japanese newspaper said they opposed holding a state funeral for Abe. Several hundred protesters have gathered in Tokyo to demand the cancellation of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral, accusing the slain premier of holding militarist views. Some 62 percent of respondents in a recent poll by the Mainichi …

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2 years, 9 months ago

‘Kyiv not Kiev’: Zelenskyy plea on ‘outdated Soviet spellings’ of Ukraine cities

Hindustan Times

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy took to Twitter on Thursday to advocate the correct spelling of the country's capital Kyiv. Zelenskyy said it is “high time” that outdated Soviet spellings of the east-European country's cities are scrapped and the “correct Ukrainian form” is adopted. Earlier in the day, Japan's foreign ministry announced that the capital of Ukraine will henceforth be referred …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Japan considering barring all fans at Olympic events - report

The Hindu

Japan's government is floating proposals that would ban fans from all Olympic events, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday, as officials scramble to address public concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. The Mainichi, citing sources within government, said discussions about barring spectators were partly the result of political considerations after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's ruling party failed to win …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Many Japan schools opt not to take children to Olympic Games, suggest reports

The Hindu

Many schools near Tokyo are shunning Olympic and Paralympic events, cancelling more than half the 280,000 tickets reserved for them amid worries that the Games could further spread COVID-19, a Japanese daily said on Sunday. About 60 per cent of the discount tickets intended for municipalities to purchase for their school children have been cancelled in the neighbouring prefectures of …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Japan to donate additional $800m to WHO’s COVAX body: Report

Al Jazeera

Mainichi newspaper says Yoshihide Suga, who will host an online COVAX summit on Wednesday, plans to donate money, vaccines to global body. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is planning to pledge an additional $800m to the World Health Organisation’s COVAX programme, which provides COVID-19 vaccines to countries in need, the Mainichi newspaper has reported. Japan has already pledged $200m to …

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3 years, 7 months ago

John Coates gets backlash for saying Olympics are on, no matter virus

The Hindu

If John Coates was trying to stir controversy, he succeeded. Coates said what the IOC and local organisers have been trying to persuade the Japanese public about for months: The postponed Olympics with 11,000 athletes from 200 nations and territories will open on July 23 and will be "safe and secure." "Right now, more than 80 percent of the nation’s …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Fans from abroad unlikely for postponed Tokyo Olympics

Associated Press

TOKYO — The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee stopped short of saying there would be no foreign fans at this year’s games, but she certainly hinted at it Wednesday after online talks with IOC President Thomas Bach and others. It cited only unnamed sources “involved in the discussions.” “If the situation is tough and it would make …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Foreign fans unlikely to be allowed over COVID-19 fears, says report

Firstpost

Japan is planning on stopping overseas spectators from attending the Tokyo Olympics over fears that the COVID-19 virus will spread. The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said a final decision will be made this month following talks between the International Olympic Committee, Tokyo 2020 organisers and the Japanese government. IOC president Thomas Bach had said in late February that a decision on …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Tokyo Olympics Chief Yoshiro Mori Resigns Over Sexism Row

The Quint

And Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said she would not attend a meeting of high-level Olympic officials in protest. According to local media, almost 400 people have also withdrawn applications to volunteer at the Olympic games, which are scheduled for later this year. In 2019, the committee - which is responsible for selecting Japanese Olympians - set itself a goal of …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Yoshiro Mori set to resign as Games chief, but reported successor already facing flak

Firstpost

While the 83-year-old former Prime Minister now appears headed for the exit, his reported choice for a successor, Saburo Kawabuchi, has raised eyebrows. Tokyo: Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori is expected to resign Friday over a sexism row, but his apparently hand-picked successor — an 84-year-old sports administrator — is already coming under fire. Mori drew fire from figures including …

Tokyo Olympics Successor Mori Kawabuchi

3 years, 11 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Organising committee to discuss boss Yoshiro Mori’s sexist comments after furore

Firstpost

Mori has since apologised but not stepped down, and the International Olympic Committee says it considers the matter closed. Tokyo: Tokyo Olympic organisers are planning to meet this week to discuss their response to sexist comments made by their boss, reports said Tuesday, after hundreds of event volunteers quit in the ensuing furore. Gaffe-prone Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori, 83, …

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Ever dreamt of living the school life seen in Japanese anime? Now you can for ₹17,000

Man arrested for snatching glasses off people’s faces while riding moped

Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida says he will step down as leader of LDP next month, won’t run for re-election

Japan declares victory in 20-year ‘war on floppy disks’

双语早读丨世界首个“牙齿再生药物”将在日本进行临床试验

世界首个“牙齿再生药物”将在日本进行临床试验

Koichiro Ito, Suzume, Your Name producer, arrested for soliciting explicit images from minor

Japan city faces criticism for promotional stunt using ‘extremely expensive’ sex doll

日本海岸出现大量死鱼官员称原因尚不清楚

Can you be pulled up for taking too many smoke breaks? Ask this Japanese employee who was fined Rs 8.9 lakh

Bereft of love: Japanese people have lost 'romantic ability' leading to low birth, marriage rates, says politician

Today in History: December 11, King Edward VIII abdicates British throne

Japan honours Shinzo Abe with controversial state funeral

Protesters call for cancellation of state funeral for Japan’s Abe

‘Kyiv not Kiev’: Zelenskyy plea on ‘outdated Soviet spellings’ of Ukraine cities

Japan considering barring all fans at Olympic events - report

Many Japan schools opt not to take children to Olympic Games, suggest reports

Japan to donate additional $800m to WHO’s COVAX body: Report

John Coates gets backlash for saying Olympics are on, no matter virus

Fans from abroad unlikely for postponed Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Foreign fans unlikely to be allowed over COVID-19 fears, says report

Tokyo Olympics Chief Yoshiro Mori Resigns Over Sexism Row

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Yoshiro Mori set to resign as Games chief, but reported successor already facing flak

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Organising committee to discuss boss Yoshiro Mori’s sexist comments after furore