Six ‘swimming’ robots will check melted fuel at Fukushima plant
January 11, 2022
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COVID-19 toll in Okinawa now spreading fast among elderly
January 20, 2022 Okinawa, already in the grip of the worst ratio among prefectures of new COVID-19 cases per head of population, is facing the grim reality of the illness striking across all age groups, particularly the elderly who are most at risk.Kids, off-duty firefighter save woman from burning house
January 21, 2022 Tsumugi Sato was playing hide-and-seek with three of her friends in a park in the Sunagawacho district of Tachikawa in western Tokyo late in the afternoon on Nov. 29.
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Insect farming is booming amid demand for more sustainable food
January 21, 2022 Crickets are scurrying over the surface of paper egg cartons in plastic containers set on the shelves of a temperature-controlled greenhouse in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. For many people, these critters will soon be tasty snacks.
Vietnamese trainee sentenced for abandoning stillborn twins
January 20, 2022
Tokyo’s infection tally nearly triples from week ago to 8,638
January 20, 2022
Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo to seek pre-emergency virus measures
January 20, 2022
Izumi whinges about scandals; Kishida relies on same old replies
January 20, 2022
SDF aircraft, transport ship ready to depart to aid Tonga
January 20, 2022
Which way he goes, Kishida risks backlash on Sado gold mine
January 19, 2022
Toyota production in Japan hit by parts crunch from COVID-19
January 21, 2022
Gas prices inch toward 170-yen level that would trigger subsidy
January 20, 2022
Foreign visitors to Japan plunged to record low 245,900 in 2021
January 20, 2022
China says it warned away U.S. warship in South China Sea
January 20, 2022
Asian stocks rise after China rate cuts, Japan export gain
January 20, 2022
Airlines cancel some flights after reduced 5G rollout in U.S.
January 20, 2022
Shock waves blamed for high tidal surge after Tonga eruption
January 17, 2022
Pacific undersea province given name ‘Godzilla Megamullion’
January 14, 2022
iPS-derived cells used for 1st time to treat spinal cord injury
January 14, 2022
Anthology to feature Tezuka’s works from childhood years
January 20, 2022
3 unpublished plays by Shusaku Endo found in author’s museum
January 19, 2022
Baseball manga pioneer Shinji Mizushima dies at 82
January 18, 2022
Kusatsu named most popular onsen resort for the 1st time
January 20, 2022
For a quick curry fix, MSDF ship fare now comes in sealed pouches
January 19, 2022
Oldest tramcar back in business in Osaka after refurbishment
January 18, 2022
Six ‘swimming’ robots will check melted fuel at Fukushima plant
January 11, 2022
NHK apologizes for false label of ‘paid protester’ against Olympics
January 10, 2022
Tires join ‘ghost gear’ as debris that keeps killing marine life
December 25, 2021
GOHAN LAB/ Sweet simmered black soybeans: Keep liquid from boiling over to get plump, shiny ‘kuromame’
January 5, 2022
ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray
January 21, 2022
AUTHORS ALIVE!: Writers Murata, Asai listen to each other read their own novels
December 31, 2021
African wild dogs skilled predators in sharp decline
December 24, 2021
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Haruki Murakami and other writers read from books before selected audiences at the new Haruki Murakami Library.
The Asahi Shimbun aims “to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” through its Gender Equality Declaration.
Let’s explore the Japanese capital from the viewpoint of wheelchair users and people with disabilities with Barry Joshua Grisdale.
