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Japan Urged to Improve Gender Equality
A U.N. panel member is urging Japan to address gender equality issues. Japan currently ranks 118th out of 148 economies in the U.N.'s Global Gender Gap Index.
Source: The Japan Times
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Japanese film director given 8-year prison term for sexual assaults
A Japanese film director was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday for sexually assaulting two female actors. The Tokyo District Court ruled that Hideo Sakaki, 55,…
Source: Japan Today
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Another Japanese national detained in Iran after NHK staffer’s arrest
The government has been able to contact the two nationals and confirm their safety even after the U.S.-Israeli attack on the Middle Eastern country.
Source: The Japan Times
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How Japan adopted the Czech Republic as its second WBC team
Three years after their feel-good run at the World Baseball Classic, Czech players are still winning hearts in Japan — and the unlikely bond is helping grow baseball back home.
Source: The Japan Times
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Japan approves stem-cell treatment for Parkinson's in world first
Japan has approved ground-breaking stem-cell treatments for Parkinson's and severe heart failure, one of the manufacturers and media reports said Friday, with the therapies expected to reach patients…
Source: Japan Today
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March <i>basho</i> opens with Aonishiki on verge of historic promotion
With injured yokozuna, a possible Aonishiki promotion and a shifting hierarchy at the top, the spring basho in Osaka could reshape sumo’s balance of power.
Source: The Japan Times
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Studio Ghibli now sells Ursula’s backpack from Kiki’s Delivery Service at its anime shop in Japan
Channel the cool confidence of a Ghibli character with a real-world bag…that comes with a giant price tag. Journeys, both figurative and literal, are a recurring motif in a lot of Studio Ghibli movies
Source: SoraNews24
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Former chief of $2 trillion pension fund joins developer growing tomatoes
Masataka Miyazono aims to help make Japan's agricultural sector more productive in order to boost sustainability in the country.
Source: The Japan Times
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Japan asked to vote on what to officially call insanely hot days
Good idea to hold the election before it’s too hot to think. The days are starting to warm up here in Japan, and while that used to be a nice thing, I can’t help but be filled with a sense of dread at
Source: SoraNews24
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U.S. to exhume and identify remains of 88 Pearl Harbor dead buried as unknowns
The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines killed when the USS Arizona was bombed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and…
Source: Japan Today
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