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We are not saying that one war is good and the other is bad.

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Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui. The Hiroshima prefectural government is being questioned for canceling invites for Russia and Belarus to join the annual peace ceremony on the anniversary of the atomic bombing in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while Israel has been invited despite the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in… Read

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Our hope is that future town development will take into account the cycle sharing program, such as travel routes and other information for urban traffic plans.

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A representative of the Japan Share-Cycle Association. Hundreds of local governments across Japan have fully introduced or conducted trial runs on bicycle sharing services. Read

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The elderly have a lower basal metabolism, become 'cold sensitive,' and their ability to sense heat declines.

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Yasufumi Miyake, head of Teikyo University Hospital’s advanced emergency medical center, explaining why older people are more likely to suffer heatstroke. Read

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I would like to meet him at some point and hear from him about why he did what he did.

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Akie Abe, widow of slain Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saying she would like to meet the man who killed her husband two years ago. Read

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Unlike other extracurricular activities, board games don't require referees. Students can play on their own and they contribute to the development of thinking skills.

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Kenichiro Ikuta, chairman of the federation and the coach of the cognitive game research club at Chuo University Suginami High School in Tokyo's Suginami Ward. Board games at schools in Japan are surging in popularity as an extracurricular activity. Read

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As a long-time police officer, I was impressed by the traffic control. I don’t think the same could be done in Japan.

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Yasuhiko Nishimura, head of the Imperial Household Agency and a former top law enforcement official himself, praising the British motorcycle police service during the imperial couple's state visit to Britain last month. Read

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It’s our dream to perform heart transplants, and it is part of our contribution to society.

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Yasuhisa Fujii, director of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, which plans to apply to register as a heart transplant center as soon as next fiscal year. Read

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It is impossible to deny the possibility that something serious will happen around our country, just like in Ukraine.

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General Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of staff of the Joint Staff of the Self-Defense Forces. He says Japan is at the forefront facing China, North Korea and Russia, all of which aim to unilaterally change the status quo by force. Read

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It could lead to an escalation in measures and countermeasures against each other and economic conditions will get worse.

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A manager at a Japanese chemical company, saying most Japanese companies see no need for their government to follow the U.S. in raising tariffs on Chinese imports. Read

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The government has finally taken a step forward and I hope that everyone will drive at lower speeds as a matter of course.

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Yoshiaki Fukuchi of Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, whose 5-year-old daughter was killed after a car traveling at 55 kph plowed into her and other children at her nursery school and their teachers on a 6-meter-wide road in the city in 2006. The legal speed limit for “residential roads” – relatively narrow… Read

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