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Japan This Week Podcast | Oct. 4, 2024: Japan's new PM, national price hikes, Tokyo public drinking ban, death row inmate lawsuit and bullet train 60th anniversary. Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. This week, Jeff Richards runs….
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Three partially skeletonized bodies have been found in a house in Tokyo, police said Monday. A neighbor called police at around 4:30 pm on Sunday and said the residents of the house in Katsushika Ward had not been seen for a long time, NHK reported.
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Japan has slipped to fourth place in a ranking of the most powerful and influential nations in the Asia-Pacific region compiled by an Australian think tank, falling behind fast-growing India due to Tokyo's prolonged economic stagnation.
Japan reports 43,594 new coronavirus cases - Japan Today
Sep 27, 2022 · TOKYO. Japan on Tuesday reported 43,594 new coronavirus cases. The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 5,247 new cases, down 1,069 from Monday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 17, down three from Monday, health officials said.
Politics - Japan Today
Japan's new prime minister appointed only two women to his 20-strong cabinet on Tuesday, down from five previously, in what a rights group said represented a "backslide" in Tokyo's push for greater female representation in politics.
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Japan's 2024 new rice price rises to 31-year high after summer heat. The price of newly harvested rice has surged 48 percent from a year earlier to the highest level in 31 years, reflecting a shortage caused by extreme summer heat that reduced the previous season's harvest, the farm ministry's data showed Friday.
Crime - Japan Today
Japanese police said they have made about 30 arrests as of Friday in connection with a spate of robberies and other incidents in and around Tokyo, with the suspects believed to have been recruited and instructed to carry out their alleged crimes via social media.
Entertainment - Japan Today
Toshiyuki Nishida, a prizewinning Japanese actor known for his unpretentious performances in numerous smash hit TV dramas and films, has died at his home in Tokyo, his office said Thursday. He was 76.
World - Japan Today
13 Comments. Moldova’s pro-Western president early Monday looked set to win the first round of a presidential race but accused “criminal groups” of undermining a referendum asking voters to decide whether to secure a path toward European Union membership, which risked being narrowly rejected.
Setagaya family murders remain unsolved 23 years later - Japan …
Dec 30, 2023 · Police have renewed their appeal for any information from the public that might help solve the murders of a family of four in the house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward 23 years ago.
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