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Football: Moriyasu eager to show latest Japan progress against Netherlands mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Football: Moriyasu eager to show latest Japan progress against Netherlands

ARLINGTON, Texas (Kyodo) -- Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu urged his players to show their work over the past three and a half years when they take on

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Japan sees record multiple pregnancies after fertility insurance coverage mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Japan sees record multiple pregnancies after fertility insurance coverage

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Multiple pregnancies resulting from assisted reproductive technology in Japan reached a record 4,354 cases in 2023, a year after the

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Japan gummy exhibition to explore history and appeal of chewy treats mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Japan gummy exhibition to explore history and appeal of chewy treats

KAKEGAWA, Shizuoka -- A museum in this central Japan city will launch an unusual exhibition on June 20 that explores the history and appeal of gummies

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Naphtha shortage begins hitting air conditioner installations in Japan mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Naphtha shortage begins hitting air conditioner installations in Japan

TOKYO -- A naphtha shortage triggered by the crisis in the Middle East is beginning to affect air conditioner installations as Japan heads into anothe

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Food tax cut seen cutting farm income by 300 billion yen: estimate mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Food tax cut seen cutting farm income by 300 billion yen: estimate

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A cut in the consumption tax rate on food and beverages would reduce the annual income of about 800,000 small and medium-sized farms

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Japan startup develops system to tell human writing from AI-generated text mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Japan startup develops system to tell human writing from AI-generated text

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An artificial intelligence startup recently developed a system that analyzes academic papers to determine whether they were human-wri

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Football: Rocked by injury, Japan come together for huge Netherlands test mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Football: Rocked by injury, Japan come together for huge Netherlands test

DALLAS, Texas (Kyodo) -- Japan players will face the Netherlands in their World Cup Group F opener Sunday with a stronger sense of resolve after holdi

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Horse parade 'Chagu Chagu Umakko' held in Japan's Iwate Prefecture mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Horse parade 'Chagu Chagu Umakko' held in Japan's Iwate Prefecture

MORIOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A horse parade called

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No game: Woman in Japan with 'AI husband' has a ring to prove it mainichi.jp/english/article/…

No game: Woman in Japan with 'AI husband' has a ring to prove it

TOKYO -- If it became possible to choose between marrying a human or artificial intelligence (AI), one woman in her 40s says she would pick the machin

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Retro Japan: Ex-water distribution reservoir in Yokohama looks like an underground palace mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Retro Japan: Ex-water distribution reservoir in Yokohama looks like an underground palace

YOKOHAMA -- The former Nogeyama water distribution reservoir is located about 2 kilometers from Yokohama Port, atop a low hill in Yokohama's Nishi War

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Meet your match? Spot the difference #189: Rainy season mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Meet your match? Spot the difference #189: Rainy season

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's

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Japan PM Takaichi heads to Europe for talks with G7 leaders mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Japan PM Takaichi heads to Europe for talks with G7 leaders

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi departed Saturday for her first trip to Europe since taking office in October, hoping to work

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Baseball: Sasaki charged with loss as Dodgers defeated by White Sox mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Baseball: Sasaki charged with loss as Dodgers defeated by White Sox

CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- Roki Sasaki was charged with the loss after surrendering seven runs in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-2 defeat to the Chicago White Sox

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Japan's emperor, empress begin trip to Netherlands, Belgium mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Japan's emperor, empress begin trip to Netherlands, Belgium

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako departed Saturday for their trip to the Netherlands and Belgium, marking their fourth off

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Sumo: Wakamotoharu, Abi mingle with Paris schoolchildren before tournament mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Sumo: Wakamotoharu, Abi mingle with Paris schoolchildren before tournament

PARIS (Kyodo) -- Sumo wrestlers Wakamotoharu and Abi visited a local elementary school and mingled with children in Paris on Friday, a day before the

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Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new US export controls mainichi.jp/english/articles…

Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new US export controls

WASHINGTON (AP) -- AI giant Anthropic said Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to co

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Football: New Japan captain Itakura ready to steady ship after Endo exit mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Football: New Japan captain Itakura ready to steady ship after Endo exit

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Kyodo) -- New Japan captain Ko Itakura vowed to bring the team together after their preparations for Sunday's World Cup opener a

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The real 'Grave of the Fireflies': The life of a girl orphaned by the WWII Kobe air raid mainichi.jp/english/article/…

The real 'Grave of the Fireflies': The life of a girl orphaned by the WWII Kobe air raid

KOBE -- The Japanese animated film

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Japan eyes Boeing tie-up to revive domestic jet ambitions as China makes big strides mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Japan eyes Boeing tie-up to revive domestic jet ambitions as China makes big strides

TOKYO -- At the U.S.-China summit on May 14 and 15, China agreed to buy 200 aircraft from American aerospace giant Boeing Co. The Washington-Beijing r

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Newly developed Japan citrus likely carried off, saplings on sale in China mainichi.jp/english/article/…

Newly developed Japan citrus likely carried off, saplings on sale in China

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Friday that specimens of a quality citrus hybrid recently developed by Ehime Prefecture in western Japan

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