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Golden pair
Ryuichi Kihara, left, and Riku Miura, gold medalists in figure skating pairs at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, show their medals at a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in…
Source: Japan Today
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Japan Extreme Budget Travel! A trip from Tokyo to Izumo for just 30,000 yen [Part 2]
Things got off to a good start on our crazy-cheap trip to the land of the gods, but with funds running low, will we have a roof over our heads on a snowy night? Our Japanese-language reporter Go Hator
Source: SoraNews24
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Trump says Muslim lawmakers Omar, Tlaib should be institutionalized, deported
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that two Muslim Democratic U.S. Representatives, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, should be "institutionalized" and sent back to "where…
Source: Japan Today
Travel Alerts•
China purges cabinet minister in Xi's anti-corruption drive
Head of military court also dismissed by NPC standing committee
Source: Nikkei Asia
Travel Alerts•
Japan's Proterial to invest $77m in India to make metal for transformers
Company to lift amorphous metal output 50% with plant in country with growing power demand
Source: Nikkei Asia
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Suspect in woman’s murder stalked her by installing GPS device in her car
A 53-year-old man arrested last month in Saitama Prefecture for abandoning the body of a 51-year-old female acquaintance has been rearrested on suspicion of violating the Stalking Prevention…
Source: Japan Today
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Ibaraki Will Offer ¥10,000 for Reporting Undocumented Foreigners
Ibaraki Prefecture plans to pay residents ¥10,000 to report undocumented foreign workers. Critics warn the policy could lead to discrimination.
Source: GaijinPot Blog
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Japan sees interest payments doubling by 2029 as BOJ hikes rate
Interest payments are projected at ¥21.6 trillion ($139 billion) in the year starting April 2029, up from the current year’s budgeted ¥10.5 trillion.
Source: The Japan Times
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Photo essay looks back at gradual extinction of 'island of prostitution'
Much like the diverse vocabulary for snow that exists in the Inuit (Eskimo) language (between 50 and 70, according to one source), Japanese has a wide variety of…
Source: Japan Today
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Takaichi eyes aid program for 'ice age' generation by March
The term refers to people who had difficulty finding a job after graduating from school between around 1993 and 2004.
Source: The Japan Times
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