'Don't touch': Japan facilities adapt to surge in cherry blossom viewers amid tourism boom
As Japan's capital prepares to usher in cherry blossom season, companies and local governments are taking steps to ensure ...
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Foreign workers march in Tokyo for better pay, work conditions
TOKYO -- Foreign workers took to the streets of Japan's capital on March 9 ... event staged around Ueno Park in Tokyo's Taito Ward. The rally began in 1993 to highlight the need for improved labor ...
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Population falls again, but foreign residents hit 3.3 million
Japan’s population shrank ... a chief researcher at Tokyo Kantei Co., a real estate research firm. The price per tsubo in Taito is less than half of those in the adjacent Chuo and Chiyoda ...
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Homeless denied shelter during Typhoon Hagibis
More than two weeks have passed since Typhoon Hagibis tore through eastern Japan and things are finally ... homeless man near Ueno station in Taito Ward, Tokyo, hurried to an emergency shelter ...
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First Arrest Made in Japan for Using Fake New 10,000 Yen Note
Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo Metropolitan Police ... The suspect, Mizuki Saito, 27, living in the capital's Taito Ward, admitted using the counterfeit currency. It is the first time that ...