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Digital textbooks to be fully OK’d for visually impaired, other students

January 21, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese education ministry plans to allow the use of digital textbooks for the whole of study procedures at elementary, junior high and high schools by visually impaired and other students having difficulties learning by conventional paper textbooks, Jiji

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Traditional adulthood ceremony

January 20, 2018

Tokyo- Students clad in special costumes head for a Shinto shrine at Kokugakuin University during a traditional adulthood ceremony in Tokyo on January 20, 2018. Some 46 20-year-old students took part in the annual ceremony, which comes nearly two weeks

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More people read news online than newspapers

January 20, 2018

Tokyo- The proportion of Japanese people who read news on the Internet using smartphones or personal computers has exceeded that of people reading morning newspapers for the first time, a survey by the Japan Press Research Institute showed Saturday. It

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Gaming show

January 20, 2018

Bangalore- Visitors dressed as Japanese Manga characters walk in the venue where the India Gaming Show South 2018 is held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre on Friday, January 19, 2018. India Gaming Show South 2018, an International gaming, animation

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Tsunekazu Takeda speaks

January 19, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda speaks during an interview with AFP at his office in Tokyo on Friday, January 19, 2018. The Japanese city of Sapporo would not need to construct a single venue in a potential bid

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Japan Team Discovers New Species of Crab

January 19, 2018

Tokyo- A team of Japanese researchers has found a new species of crab off the Mukojima islands in Tokyo’s Ogasawara chain. The team, including Ryuta Yoshida, professor at the Marine Coastal Research Center of Ochanomizu University, said Thursday that the

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Japan to Push Ancient Tumulus Clusters for 2019 UNESCO Listing

January 19, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting on Friday agreed to propose the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun ancient tumulus clusters in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, for UNESCO World Heritage listing in 2019. Japan will file official recommendation documents with the U.N.

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Cherry Blossoms Wild Bird

January 18, 2018

Tokyo- A Japanese white-eye perches on a twig of a blooming Taiwan cherry tree at Ebara Shrine in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, Japan, Thursday, January 18, 2018. Jiji Press