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Japan’s PokéPark KANTO welcomes you to a world teeming with Pokémon

Visitors can meet more than 600 Pokémon at the facility located inside Yomiuriland, which straddles Inagi, Tokyo, and Kawasaki.

  • Published: January 28, 20268:32 am
  • Author Kohei Masuda and Kenneth Valencich
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Sumo restaurant in Tokyo teaches foreign visitors about the ancient sport

On the underground floor of a 10-story mixed-use building, the press was given a sneak peek of a restaurant that features a combination of sumo and washoku cuisine in an…

  • Published: January 7, 202610:23 am
  • Author Ikuko Kitagawa
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70% of school institutions in Japan did not check sex offence database when hiring teachers

The database is operated by the central government to enable school corporations to become aware of any past acts of sexual violence when newly employing teachers or school…

  • Published: December 24, 20258:10 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Apple growers in Japan’s Aomori turn to peaches amid rising temperatures

High temperatures can damage apples, which might become discolored or develop flushed areas on the skin. Trying to prevent this became such a burden on Ono that he replaced some…

  • Published: December 23, 20251:54 pm
  • Author Hikari Yadaka
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Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi to move into official residence by year-end

Currently, PM Takaichi lives in a public dormitory for House of Representatives lawmakers in Tokyo’s Akasaka district.

  • Published: December 23, 20251:24 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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US Secretary of State Rubio seeks to balance relations with Japan, China

US Secretary of State Rubio also emphasised the need for the United States and China to balance tensions and cooperation. He further added, “Because I think if there’s a…

  • Published: December 22, 20252:20 pm
  • Author Takayuki Fuchigami
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Japanese lawmakers support continued ban on sports betting

A suprapartisan group of Diet members held a meeting of its directors in the Diet Building, and they unanimously agreed to prevent the legalisation of sports betting in Japan. The…

  • Published: December 22, 20251:36 pm
  • Author Keita Kudo
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9 Japan companies team up on EV battery production; seek to streamline process to compete with China

production model that will compress this timeframe to two to three years. It will allow Japan to better compete with low-cost rivals from China and South Korea and expand its…

  • Published: December 19, 20251:45 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Japanese ruling, opposition parties aim to conclude reduction of Diet seats in joint council debate by next spring

At a party heads’ meeting of the LDP and the JIP recently, the two ruling parties confirmed that the council will lead the debate between the ruling and opposition camps so that…

  • Published: December 18, 20251:53 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi ranked 3rd in Forbes’ list of world’s most powerful women

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission was ranked first, and Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, was second.

  • Published: December 12, 202510:39 am
  • Author The Japan News

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