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Exhibit traces 70-year history of Japan A-bomb victims group Nihon Hidankyo
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (416+ words) TOKYO - An exhibition currently being held in Tokyo traces the history of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading...literatures and documents related to the anti-nuclear movement, with the vast majority coming from Nihon...only documents but also public opinion data showing that…...
Korea raps Japan PM Takaichi over bow toward war-linked Yasukuni shrine
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (333+ words) BEIJING - North Korea on Monday criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for bowing toward the...honors convicted war criminals along with millions of war dead, on Aug. 15, the 81st anniversary of Japan's...ritual offering and attended a memorial for the war…...
Taiwanese actor apologizes over Japan national treasure vandalism
1+ week, 3+ day ago (222+ words) summarily indicted earlier this week over the defacement of a treasured stone monument at a western Japan...Tsai Yi-chen, 39, wrote a Facebook post in both Chinese and Japanese in which she described her actions...She also expressed her "deepest and…...
Japan PM Takaichi urges removal of Russia war victory statue
1+ week, 2+ day ago (180+ words) BREAKING NEWS: Japan PM Takaichi urges removal of Russia war victory statue Japan Wire by Kyodo News...Japan PM Takaichi urges removal of Russia war victory statue TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi...The chrysanthemum crest is widely recognized as…...
BREAKING NEWS: Japan foreign minister calls Russia war victory statue "regrettable"
1+ week, 2+ day ago (117+ words) Japan Wire by Kyodo...News Japanese doll Licca-chan returns to U.S. after 40 yrs, adults targeted Truck-car head-on collision...leaves 3 dead, 3 injured in western Japan Large fire spreads in central Japan shopping district near...Ise Jingu shrine American football: Las Vegas Raiders…...
Imperial Japanese Army conducted experiments on own troops: researcher
3+ week, 5+ day ago (388+ words) TOKYO - The Imperial Japanese Army conducted experiments on its own soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese...Military doctors studying the transmission of malaria exposed 10 soldiers hospitalized in Japan, who...doctors from an army medical school conducted the study to prevent…...
Taiwanese woman arrested over staining Japan temple stone, manager apologizes
2+ week, 6+ day ago (15+ words) Japan Wire by Kyodo News...
Football: Former Japan manager, atomic bomb survivor Shimomura dies at 94
4+ week, 1+ day ago (138+ words) Sachio Shimomura, a former manager of the Japan national football team who survived the atomic bombing...of Hiroshima, has died of oRead full story here Football: Former Japan manager, atomic bomb survivor...Shimomura dies at 94 TOKYO - Sachio Shimomura, a former…...
Korea slams Japan's Yasukuni shrine visits as 'neo-militarist frenzy"
3+ week, 14+ hour ago (227+ words) SEOUL - North Korea on Monday slammed Japanese politicians for visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine...harboring militaristic ambitions by paying respects at the shrine on Aug. 15, the anniversary of Japan's...The Yasukuni Shrine honors some 2.46 million Japanese war dead, including 14 Class…...
Japan Prince Hisahito, 2nd in line to throne, turns 20
1+ week, 1+ day ago (530+ words) TOKYO - Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, turned 20 on Sunday, a year after a series of traditional ceremonies commemorated his coming of age. As an adult member of the imperial family,…...