participant in the program contacted him.... Morimura detailed the atrocities committed by the Japanese

States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.... Morimura told the Guardian Weekly in 1982, “ almost all Japanese

that today's gain is led by a rebound of U.S. stocks," said Seiichi Suzuki, chief equity market analyst

The avatar robot introduced by the Yaita Municipal Government is seen at the government office in Tochigi Prefecture on Oct.... Because students can grasp the situation around them with the robot and have conversations through it like a video phone, they can feel as if they are present.... The robot has a total project cost of 993, 000 yen( about$ 8, 800), two-thirds or which is covered by the Tochigi Prefectural Government's subsidy to support promotion of the use of future technologies....

This file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange.... The U.S. dollar briefly rose to the upper 114 yen zone in the morning, its highest level since November 2017, after a rise in U.S. Treasury yields fueled expectations of a wider interest rate gap between the United States and Japan, dealers said.... The benchmark Nikkei index climbed over 200 points at one point on optimism following robust U.S. corporate earnings for the July-September quarter, with Nikkei heavyweights and cyclical shares sen

This provided photo shows Kokone of Saitama children's Zoo Park participated in the capybara watermelon eating contest.... The winner, Kokone from Saitama children's Zoo Park, took on the challenge without an audience during the closed hours of the park due to measures against the coronavirus.... She kept eating and eating, but left one piece, so the zoo staff" watched the video back and timed it again." Kokone won the event for the second straight time following the previous contest in 2019..

This file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct.... The U.S. dollar was under pressure in the lower 109 yen range on expectations of a narrower interest rate gap between the United States and Japan following an overnight drop in U.S. Treasury yields, dealers said.... The 10-year Japanese government bond yield dipped 0. 005 percentage point from Monday's close to 0. 005 percent, as risk-averse investors bought the safe-haven debt following declines in Tokyo stocks and an ongoing surge of

A softball match between Japan and Australia, held at Fukushima Azuma stadium in the northeastern Japanese city in the morning, marked the de facto start of the Olympics, two days before their formal opening.... All associated events that had been planned around the venue prior to the no-spectator policy were cancelled as part of COVID-19 countermeasures.... The only notable sounds heard in the area were that of a helicopter circling over the site and screaming cicadas....

Questionnaires sent to universities and junior colleges in the west Japan prefectures of Hyogo, Osaka and Kyoto are seen in Kobe's Chuo Ward, on July 14, 2021.... A survey by a group of Zainichi Korean( Korean residents of Japan) lawyers, researchers and others revealed that some universities do not recognize admissions based on school recommendations when it comes to applicants from Korean high schools.... As a result, their students are outside the general" expected to graduate high school"

TOKYO( AP)--Was it the strangest Olympics ever, staged during a deadly pandemic, with no fans?... Or maybe, as athletes banded together under moments of intense stress, the kindest?... In this July 24, 2021, file photo, a volunteer holds a sign warning people to keep their distance and wash their hands during the first round of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan....