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<title>Vandal Caught Smashing Iconic Lantern in Kyoto's Gion </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Police are investigating after a custom-made chili pepper-shaped lantern worth more than 200,000 yen was smashed outside a restaurant in Kyoto's Gion district, with security camera footage capturing a person striking and destroying the shop's distinctive symbol. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-18 18:11:15</pubDate>
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<title>Fire Breaks Out at Sairinji Temple in Saga</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A fire broke out at Sairinji temple in Saga city on the morning of August 18, engulfing the building in flames and prompting the dispatch of 10 fire engines and two ambulances, with no injuries reported so far. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-18 07:56:57</pubDate>
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<title>Princess Aiko Expresses Condolences for Kumamoto Earthquake Victims</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Princess Aiko attended the opening ceremony of an international conference on semiconductor physics on the morning of August 17, expressing condolences for those killed in the Kumamoto earthquake and torrential rain in Chiba Prefecture before addressing researchers from around the world. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-18 22:43:33</pubDate>
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<title>Man Accused of Attempted Murder Goes Missing From Hospital</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 77-year-old man charged with attempted murder has gone missing after apparently leaving a hospital in Hakodate, Hokkaido, where he had been admitted for medical treatment, prompting prosecutors and police to search for him. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-18 08:22:40</pubDate>
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<title>Hunter Takes Shot at Authorities Over Missing Gun</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 77-year-old hunter from Sunagawa, Hokkaido, who won a Supreme Court ruling overturning the revocation of his firearms license, filed a damages lawsuit against the national government and Hokkaido on August 17 after discovering that one of four seized hunting rifles had been destroyed years earlier without being returned to him. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-17 16:54:04</pubDate>
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<title>Missing British Girl, 12, Found Safe After Staying at Internet Cafe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 12-year-old British girl who disappeared while visiting Japan with her family was found safe in Yokohama on Saturday night, about 59 hours after leaving their private lodging in Tokyo, with police saying there was no indication that she had been involved in a crime. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-16 18:20:41</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese Investment Reshapes Osaka's Nishinari Neighborhood</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Osaka's Nishinari Ward, long known as a working-class neighborhood that accepted people from diverse backgrounds, is being rapidly reshaped by Chinese-led property development and a surge in special-zone private lodgings, bringing new business and tourism while displacing some longtime elderly residents. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-16 17:55:40</pubDate>
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<title>Chiba Flood Death Toll Rises to 10 Three Days After Record Rain</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The death toll from record-breaking torrential rain in Chiba Prefecture has risen to 10, with 29 people injured, more than 1,500 homes damaged and one person still missing three days after the disaster. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-16 05:45:36</pubDate>
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<title>Turkish National Arrested Over Illegal Drifting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Turkish national has been arrested on suspicion of performing illegal drift driving on a public road in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, as police prepare to strengthen enforcement around facilities linked to the Asian Games and Asian Para Games. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-17 17:03:59</pubDate>
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<title>Fire Engulfs Warehouse at Fishing Port in Hokkaido</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A fire that broke out in grassland at a fishing port in Tomamae, northern Hokkaido, spread to an adjacent warehouse and workshop on August 15, burning for about six hours before being brought under control. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-15 20:30:05</pubDate>
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<title>Akita Promotion Official Suspended After Online Interview From Love Hotel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An Akita prefectural official has been suspended for six months and demoted two ranks after an investigation found he had joined an online media interview from a love hotel while with a woman who was not his wife, despite initially claiming he was at home because he was unwell. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-14 18:45:46</pubDate>
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<title>39-Year-Old Father Drowns While Attempting to Save Two Children</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 39-year-old father was taken to a hospital in cardiac arrest on August 15 after entering the sea to rescue his two young sons who appeared to be in difficulty off the coast of Toyoura, Hokkaido. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-14 18:55:04</pubDate>
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<title>Osaka's Gurishita Continues to Attract Troubled Youth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Young people continue to gather at "Gurishita" in Osaka's Minami entertainment district despite persistent risks of drug abuse, prostitution and violent crime, while a nearby support center is operating around the clock during the summer vacation period to help those with nowhere else to turn. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-14 19:08:51</pubDate>
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<title>Pythons Escape From Apartment in Kawasaki</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two pet pythons measuring about 2 meters in length escaped from an apartment in Kawasaki's Tama Ward early on August 13, prompting police and firefighters to search the surrounding residential area and warn local residents. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-13 07:32:45</pubDate>
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<title>The Unseen Reality of Kumamoto Quake Survivors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fifteen days after the Kumamoto earthquake, restoration of electricity and transport infrastructure is progressing, but thousands of people are believed to remain outside official shelters, while rising construction costs and interest rates are creating new challenges for rebuilding homes and restoring livelihoods. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-12 20:49:25</pubDate>
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<title>Teens on Stolen Motorcycle Fire Rockets at Police Officers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two teenage boys from Tokyo's Adachi Ward have been arrested on suspicion of stealing a motorcycle and firing aerial fireworks toward police officers at two police boxes, telling investigators they were annoyed that a new police box had opened in the area. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-12 20:40:01</pubDate>
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<title>Japanese Woman Trapped in North Korea for 40 Years</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hiroko Saito was 19 years old when she left Japan for North Korea in June 1961 with her Korean husband and their one-year-old daughter, persuaded by assurances that they were heading to a "paradise on earth" and that she could return to Japan after three years. Instead, she would spend four decades in North Korea, enduring chronic hunger, the deaths of her husband and children and a desperate struggle to survive before finally escaping and returning home in 2001. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-12 00:20:53</pubDate>
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<title>Fire Breaks Out at Daido Steel Chita Plant in Aichi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A fire broke out late on August 11 at Daido Steel's Chita Plant in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, burning through an outdoor area containing scrap metal and other materials, with no injuries reported and no flames spreading to nearby buildings. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-12 02:15:49</pubDate>
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<title>Fake Images of Kumamoto Earthquake Spread Online</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two weeks after the Kumamoto earthquake, the spread of malicious fake images has emerged as a problem in disaster-hit communities, with one resident saying the manipulation feels like an insult to everyone in his area. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-12 00:25:08</pubDate>
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<title>Osaka Police Pound on Door Before Raiding Yakuza Office</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Osaka Prefectural Police searched an office linked to the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on July 29 as part of an investigation into suspected receipt of money obtained through special fraud. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-10 19:06:12</pubDate>
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<title>Zombie Cigarette Drug Busts Rise Across Kansai</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Authorities in Kyoto and Osaka have arrested three men in separate drug cases involving so-called zombie cigarettes containing the designated drug etomidate, as investigators step up efforts against the illegal trade in the Kansai region. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-09 18:51:36</pubDate>
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<title>Raccoon Damage Surges Across Japan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Raccoons are increasingly invading homes across Japan, damaging roofs and wiring, contaminating buildings with large amounts of urine and feces, and raising concerns over agriculture, native wildlife and the spread of disease as their population continues to expand. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-09 18:43:37</pubDate>
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<title>令和8年8月8日 Sparks Wedding Events Across Japan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Japan marked August 8, 2026, with a wave of weddings, special discounts and commemorative events as the date produced a rare alignment of three eights - the eighth day of the eighth month in Reiwa 8 - a combination regarded as especially auspicious because the character for eight is traditionally associated with expanding prosperity. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-08 09:41:17</pubDate>
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<title>Woman Arrested Over Fatal Assault on Brother-in-Law</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 41-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of fatally assaulting her brother-in-law at her home in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, after allegedly telling emergency services that he had fallen from a roof. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-07 16:32:40</pubDate>
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<title>Imperial Family Enjoys Nasu Retreat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Emperor and his family are spending time at the Nasu Imperial Villa in Tochigi Prefecture as the retreat marks 100 years since its establishment, with the visit coming as debate in the Diet over revisions related to the Imperial House Law enters a critical stage. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-07 05:43:05</pubDate>
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<title>The Case of the Missing Kappa</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two kappa statues that served as symbols of a bridge in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, have been stolen after being cherished by local residents for 34 years, with police investigating whether the thieves targeted the sculptures for their copper. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-06 21:14:01</pubDate>
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<title>Man Arrested for Selling Stolen Bridge Nameplates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 63-year-old man from Shizuoka Prefecture has been arrested on suspicion of selling 10 stolen metal plaques, including nameplates bearing the names of bridges, to a scrap metal dealer in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-06 17:49:24</pubDate>
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<title>Bentley Smashes Through Line of Cars Before Driver Flees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 49-year-old man has been rearrested on suspicion of injuring six people after driving a Bentley into seven vehicles stopped at a traffic light on National Route 16 in Hachioji, western Tokyo, in March. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-06 00:37:22</pubDate>
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<title>Woman Arrested Over Massive Manga Order Cancellations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 32-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of repeatedly placing massive orders for merchandise from popular manga series through Shueisha's online store and then canceling the purchases without payment, causing disruption to the retailer's operations. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-06 05:56:54</pubDate>
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<title>Knife-Wielding Man Dies After Police Shooting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A knife-wielding man died after a police sergeant shot him in the chest on a street in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, after he continued advancing toward five officers despite repeated warnings and a warning shot fired into the air. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-05 15:12:13</pubDate>
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