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- Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on public housing applicants https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20211227/p2a/00m/0na/072000c 218 comments
- Israel deploys automated military robots http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160824/p2a/00m/0na/020000c 53 comments
- Japan to tackle hay fever by felling cedar forests near major cities https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231011/p2g/00m/0li/031000c 6 comments environment
- Russia puts more strength behind 'creeping' Ukraine advance https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220605/p2g/00m/0in/016000c 5 comments worldnews
- Hana Kimura Bagus - starts at 5:20 am est(when this is 3 hours old) with links to learn about her beforehand. ASUKA vs SYURI main event, The return of Jungle Kyona, and a Kenoh singles match https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200710/p2a/00m/0et/018000c 2 comments squaredcircle
- Japan accepted 74 refugees in 2021, highest on record https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220513/p2g/00m/0na/058000c 337 comments worldnews
- Shelled city in north Ukraine fears becoming 'next Mariupol' - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220327/p2g/00m/0in/008000c 2 comments worldnews
- Japan to let Ukrainian refugee applicants stay in country: chief Cabinet secretary https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220228/p2a/00m/0na/017000c 4 comments worldnews
- UFO research lab opens in Fukushima, aims to solve mystery of local sightings https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210625/p2a/00m/0na/046000c 18 comments aliens
- Japan PM Suga's isolated look at G-7 summit draws fire at home https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210615/p2a/00m/0na/010000c 4 comments worldnews
- Japan's defense budget hits new high in Fiscal Year 2021 amid China threats https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201221/p2g/00m/0na/048000c#:~:text=tokyo%20(kyodo)%20%2D%2D%20the%20government,range%20amid%20growing%20china%20threats. 4 comments worldnews
- US Marine in Okinawa arrested for allegedly stealing taxi, cash from driver https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201109/p2a/00m/0na/005000c 41 comments worldnews
- Wild boar leads police on hours-long chase through southwest Japan city - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200805/p2a/00m/0na/020000c 4 comments worldnews
- Japan city employee warned for setting alarms to disturb colleagues taking naps - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200722/p2a/00m/0na/008000c 5 comments worldnews
- Japan now instantly scrambles jets against China's from Fujian. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200719/p2g/00m/0na/010000c 254 comments worldnews
- 'Sunburn' discovered on asteroid Ryugu hints at past orbit close to sun - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200508/p2a/00m/0na/016000c 5 comments space
- Some pachinko parlors in Japan keeps doors open despite pandemic - 300 people line up https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200425/p2a/00m/0na/014000c 6 comments worldnews
- Japan government did not publicly announce its discovery of defects in free cloth masks being distributed nationwide as part of the government's plans to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, after finding bugs, hair and mold in them. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200422/p2a/00m/0na/013000c 3 comments worldnews
- ‘Prison camps for Brazilians’: Foreign kids in Japan being ushered into special education. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190903/p2a/00m/0fe/020000c 23 comments worldnews
- Powerful Typhoon Faxai feared to make landfall in eastern Japan https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190907/p2a/00m/0na/002000c 5 comments worldnews
- Over 2,000 doctors worked without pay at Japanese univ. hospitals - Japanese university hospitals have a practice of not paying wages to doctors -- many of whom are graduate students -- who treat patients as part of their research or training. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190628/p2g/00m/0dm/080000c 10 comments worldnews
- Thyroid cancer diagnoses in Fukushima youth not linked to nuke disaster: panel - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190604/p2a/00m/0na/017000c 6 comments worldnews
- Japan: Tottori Sand Dunes boosts foreign language warnings to curb vandalism by foreign tourists with 228 incidents of "sand graffiti" recorded in 2018 https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190520/p2a/00m/0na/018000c 4 comments worldnews
- Taiwan passes laws to make Chinese spying punishable by death https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190508/p2g/00m/0in/105000c 242 comments worldnews
- Japan succeeds in creating world's 1st man-made crater on asteroid https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190425/p2g/00m/0dm/095000c 7 comments nottheonion
- Japan succeeds in creating world's 1st man-made crater on asteroid https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190425/p2g/00m/0dm/095000c 9 comments worldnews
- Japan to withdraw from IWC to resume commercial whaling: sources - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20181220/p2g/00m/0na/042000c 17 comments worldnews
- Convenience store giant Seven-Eleven Japan Co. launched a trial 7-Eleven store with a self-checkout system using facial recognition technology here on Dec. 17 as it aims to promote labor-saving measures and introduce cashless payments amid concerns of labor shortages. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20181218/p2a/00m/0bu/016000c 3 comments worldnews
- Putin proposes peace treaty conclusion with Japan by year-end https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180912/p2g/00m/0fp/087000c 7 comments worldnews
- Japan records its highest ever temperature of 41.1 C (106 F) near Tokyo https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180723/p2g/00m/0dm/062000c 346 comments worldnews
- Danish man who wanted to 'leave memory of visit to Japan' nabbed for spraying graffiti on train https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180501/p2a/00m/0na/007000c 4 comments worldnews
- Airborne radiation near Fukushima nuke plant still far higher than gov't max - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180118/p2a/00m/0na/020000c 9 comments worldnews
- Japan to make it simpler for foreigners in service sector to get resident status http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170222/p2a/00m/0na/001000c 3 comments worldnews
- Director Hayao Miyazaki comes out of retirement to work on feature film http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170224/p2g/00m/0et/084000c 7 comments worldnews
- The Japanese government has decided to recognize a person's genetic information as personal information items to be protected under the law as genetic codes alone may lead to one's identification. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20151117p2a00m0na012000c.html 11 comments worldnews
- In a move aimed at strengthening efforts to prevent terrorist attacks on airplanes, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to implement a trial operation of full-body scanners in three major airports this year. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150712p2a00m0na005000c.html 3 comments worldnews
- Japanese manager hopes to kick-start baseball in Iran http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141229p2a00m0sp008000c.html 17 comments baseball
- The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki told U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy on Monday that they are hoping that President Barack Obama will visit their cities, both of which were hit by U.S. atomic bombs in World War II. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20131216p2g00m0dm046000c.html 6 comments worldnews
- Okinawa women seek to limit U.S. servicemen's behavior outside of base http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20121018p2g00m0dm070000c.html 172 comments worldnews
- Kim Jong Un's government begins to ease persecution of criminals' extended families. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120718p2a00m0na016000c.html 40 comments worldnews