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12,121 nuclear warheads estimated in world as Japan antinuke group wins Nobel Peace Prize
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Who interprets for Japan PM, and what qualities do interpreters need?
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How will Japan's health insurance change after Dec. 2 transition to 'My Number' cards?
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What is the history of the US military's 'indiscriminate' air raids on Japan 80 years ago?
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How and why Japan Railways' discount tickets drastically changed
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News Navigator: What exactly does 'financial education' at Japan schools entail?
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News Navigator: What are the new features of train station lockers in Japan?
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News Navigator: Japan universities diminishing talent with timed researcher firings
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News Navigator: What are benefits of Japan's 'My Number' card integrating driver's license?
(2024/10/16)
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News Navigator: Why have Japan's postal rates been raised?
(2024/10/1)
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News Navigator: What's behind Japan ministry seeking dissolution of Unification Church?
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News Navigator: How much has the percentage of men taking child care leave risen in Japan?
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News Navigator: What's with the spiking price of rice in Japan?
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News Navigator: What kind of group is Japan's Kudo-kai crime syndicate?
(2024/8/31)
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News Navigator: What is dengue fever, and why are cases on the rise worldwide incl. Japan?
(2024/8/23)
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News Navigator: Are there girls' high school baseball tournaments in Japan?
(2024/8/22)
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News Navigator: What should investors be wary of after Japan's August stock fluctuations?
(2024/8/16)
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News Navigator: Is Japan stepping up support for the content industry?
(2024/8/3)
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News Navigator: Why are police dogs, like one in Hokkaido, so good at their jobs?
(2024/7/25)
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News Navigator: What is the women's national Go league to be launched in Japan?
(2024/7/4)
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Cases of strep bacterial infection with extremely high death rate hit record high in Japan
(2024/7/2)
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News Navigator: Did Japan also carry out research to create atomic weapons?
(2024/6/30)
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News Navigator: What are the issues surrounding AI-generated music?
(2024/6/28)
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News Navigator: How will household electric bills in Japan change this July onward?
(2024/6/27)
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News Navigator: How do we prevent kids falling from windows as summer arrives in Japan?
(2024/6/9)
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News Navigator: What exactly is Japan's fixed-amount tax cut program that starts in June?
(2024/6/1)
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News Navigator: What's going on with forged Japanese 'My Number' national ID cards?
(2024/5/22)
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News Navigator: What is the 'Tokyo Toilet Shuttle Tour'?
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News Navigator: Why is the Japanese gov't ending subsidies for COVID treatment?
(2024/3/30)
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News Navigator: Should people not walk on escalators? What does Nagoya ordinance say?
(2024/3/25)
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News Navigator: What happened to 2nd-gen Japanese-Filipinos left behind after WWII?
(2024/3/21)
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News Navigator: What is 'customer harassment' and how is Japan dealing with it?
(2024/3/17)
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News Navigator: Why are old video games popular in Japan now?
(2024/3/4)
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News Navigator: What aid did Japan gov't, firms promise to offer for Ukraine's recovery?
(2024/2/26)
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News Navigator: Why do Japan's nuclear plants need electricity to operate?
(2024/2/13)
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News Navigator: What is the 'mystery money' slush fund scandal rocking Japan's LDP?
(2024/1/16)
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News Navigator: Why do Japan's largest ruling party lawmakers belong to factions?
(2023/12/14)
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News Navigator: How was new installment of Osamu Tezuka's 'Black Jack' manga made with AI?
(2023/12/8)
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News Navigator: What is the cannabinoid chemical 'HHCH,' now banned in Japan?
(2023/12/4)
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News Navigator: What should we know about this season's flu outbreak in Japan?
(2023/12/2)
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News Navigator: How are radioactive materials in discharged Fukushima water measured?
(2023/11/26)
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News Navigator: Will Japan have sufficient electricity supply this winter?
(2023/11/16)
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News Navigator: What exactly is the 'overtourism' problem in Kyoto?
(2023/11/15)
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News Navigator: Is the State Guest House in Tokyo available to rent?
(2023/11/9)
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News Navigator: Why has the heatwave been so severe in Japan?
(2023/8/10)
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News Navigator: Why is it difficult to receive A-bomb survivor certificates?
(2023/8/5)
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News Navigator: How dangerous are little fire ants recently found in Japan for 1st time?
(2023/7/25)
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News Navigator: Why are refugees on the rise, and what efforts has Japan made?
(2023/7/13)
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News Navigator: What is the new 'returning zone' to be created in disaster-hit Fukushima?
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