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Japan had hottest June on record, says weather agency
The Straits Times
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July 1, 2025
Japan’s monthly average temperature in June was the highest for the month since statistics began in 1898.PHOTO: REUTERS TOKYO - Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said on July 1, as climate change prompts sweltering...
Japan may have created artificial blood that works like the real thing
The Times of India
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July 1, 2025
Japan’s artificial blood eliminates the need for matching blood types, slashes infection risk, and stays fresh for years — is this the end of traditional blood transfusions?No blood group, no infection risk, no expiry for months. Researchers in...
Japanese Baba Vanga's chilling prediction that sparked mass travel cancellations is meant to happen THIS WEEK
Daily Mail
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July 1, 2025
A prediction made by a manga artist more than 25 years ago is being blamed for a major fall in holiday bookings to Japan by people from multiple Asian countries. Ryo Tatsuki, a manga artist from Japan who's drawn frequent comparisons to the famous...
Japanese disaster claim impacting tourism as deadline approaches
KTBB - Texas
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July 1, 2025
Posted/updated on: July 1, 2025 at 9:18 am destroyed house caused by Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year’s Day 2025/ Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)(HONG KONG) -- Some believe she foretold the devastating 2011 tsunami in Japan that killed...
Japanese FSA Proposes Lower Taxes And Reclassification For Cryptocurrencies -
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Evertise Digital) The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has put forward a proposal that could dramatically alter the cryptocurrency landscape in Japan. By seeking to reclassify cryptocurrencies and lower the tax rate on profits...
Researchers are working to slow the spread of Asian needle ants. Here's how you can help
WVTF - Virginia
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July 1, 2025
Scotty Yang / Entomology Department at Virginia Tech Asian needle ants You may have heard that fire ants are on the move, and spreading in parts of Southside and Southwest Virginia. There’s another invasive ant that’s been in Virginia for nearly a...
Researchers find a cause of ALS, raising hopes for new treatments
The Asahi Shimbun
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A Japanese research team has discovered a cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive, terminal disease that gradually weakens muscles throughout the body. The researchers found that when a gene that maintains protein quality stops...
Tokyo stocks snap 5-day win streak amid concerns over tariff talks
The Mainichi
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This file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks snapped a five-day winning streak Tuesday as investors locked in gains, while concerns grew over prospects of tariff talks between Japan and the United...
M5.1 quake jolts southwestern Japan islands, no tsunami alert issued
Kyodo News+
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June 30, 2025
TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the Tokara Islands in southwestern Japan, with no tsunami alert issued, the weather agency said Monday. The 6:33 p.m. temblor measured a lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity...
Computer Engineering Course In Marathi, A Success
Free Press Journal
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July 1, 2025
Four years just flew away in a flash after the historic decision of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to permit engineering degree programmes in Indian languages in 2021 based on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. This...
Reverberations of the Israel-Iran Conflict on India and Japan
JAPAN Forward
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July 1, 2025
The world is heaving a collective sigh of relief now that the hostilities between Israel and Iran have ceased for the time being. That makes this an opportune time to analyze how it has impacted India and Japan. One of the countries deeply...
Ireland seeks to ramp up beef and whiskey exports to Japan in major trade push
Irish Examiner
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July 1, 2025
The Government is seeking to double down on market diversification in its diplomatic blitz in Japan, aiming to put Irish beef and Irish whiskey on the shelf for Japanese consumers. The Taoiseach is currently in Tokyo as part of his visit to Japan,...
Jaishankar, Japan counterpart discuss free, open Indo-Pacific Quad engagement
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 1, 2025
EAM S Jaishankar met Japanese FM Takeshi Iwaya at the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Washington, D.C., reaffirming strong India-Japan ties and discussing deeper Quad engagement for a free and open Indo-Pacific. His visit, at the invitation of...
Amazon to open fulfilment centre with vertical solar in Japan
Edie
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Image - A visual rendering of the Nagoya project, Amazon, Japan The upcoming facility in Nagoya will incorporate multiple renewable energy technologies aimed at reducing emissions and improving energy efficiency. A geo-exchange system with more...
Honda scales back fuel cell production plans in Japan
The Sun Daily
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July 1, 2025
HONDA Motor Co., Ltd. has announced a significant revision to its previously disclosed plans for a dedicated fuel cell module production facility in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The changes come in response to recent shifts in the global...
New Japanese Equipment To Elevate Paraguay’s Meat Safety Standards
The Asunción Times
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July 1, 2025
The Japanese government has donated a whopping US$2.4 million in cutting-edge laboratory equipment to Paraguay’s National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa) as part of the 2025 Economic and Social Development Program. The donation of...
Mayumi Miyawaki’s Fukumura Cottage puts this lesser-known Japanese modernist in the spotlight
Wallpaper*
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July 1, 2025
Designed by Mayumi Miyawaki and hidden in the leafy Japanese countryside, this unusual summer house is an intriguing example of 1970s Japanese architecture. A few years ago, it was purchased by a design-loving couple who brought it back to life,...
NPHRS Tokyo Regional Meet 2025 at Bharat Mandapam concludes with Provisional Fellowship Honors & launch of MARS Helpline
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 1, 2025
New Delhi, 29th June 2025 — The Nations' Plenary Health and Research Summit (NPHRS) Tokyo Home Country Meeting (Regional Meeting) 2025 was successfully organized by the Indo-American (AMN) Health and Research Foundation, India Office...
The best new science fiction books of July 2025
New Scientist
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Hal LaCroix’s Here and Beyond takes place on a spaceship journeying for centuries to a new planet dotted zebra / Alamy Riches galore await sci-fi fans in July, with two of the books I’ve enjoyed most so far this year due to be published for all to...
Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency
RTL Today
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Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat waves across the globe. "Japan's monthly average temperature in June was the highest for the month since statistics began in...