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Climate change and harsh weather in France bring challenges to Chablis wine country

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2g/00m/0sc/041000c

Published: October 4, 2024 18:30

LIGNORELLES, France (AP) -- On a brisk late September morning in the heart of Chablis wine country, grape pickers haul large and heavy buckets over th

Japan-1st organ 'xenotransplant' for fetuses with kidney disease proposed by research team

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2a/00m/0sc/030000c

Published: October 4, 2024 18:00

TOKYO -- A team of researchers from institutions including the Jikei University School of Medicine in the Japanese capital on Oct. 4 submitted to the

Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2g/00m/0in/043000c

Published: October 4, 2024 18:00

BEIRUT (AP) -- Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in southern suburbs of Beirut and another that cut off the main border cros

Kin of Japan GSDF member who killed self due to harassment awarded $458K in damages

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2a/00m/0na/025000c

Published: October 4, 2024 16:28

FUKUOKA -- The parents of a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) member who killed himself in 2015 due to harassment by an instructor have been awarded 67

Japan PM Ishiba 'sincerely accepts' low approval ratings for newly launched Cabinet

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2a/00m/0na/023000c

Published: October 4, 2024 16:21

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told reporters on Oct. 3 that he must "sincerely accept" the fact that approval ratings for his Cabinet reporte

Easy Japanese news in translation: Crane game catching grapes popular in Okayama Prefecture

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2a/00m/0et/019000c

Published: October 4, 2024 16:00

A crane game called "grape catcher" is gaining attention at a tourist farm in the city of Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture. The device is like the ones se

Editorial: Upping wages of overtasked Japan teachers not enough; reducing workload a must

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2a/00m/0op/021000c

Published: October 4, 2024 15:36

A wage hike alone is not enough to secure workers for Japan's education system. Further strategies to lower their workloads are also indispensable.The

East Japan governor asks to discuss impact of numbered school names on education

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2a/00m/0na/016000c

Published: October 4, 2024 14:21

MITO -- The governor of Ibaraki Prefecture stressed the need to discuss the impact of prefectural high schools' numbered names on Oct. 2, after the es

Google's search engine's latest AI injection will answer voiced questions about video and photos

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2g/00m/0bu/020000c

Published: October 4, 2024 14:00

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images

Ticket prices for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics range from 30 to nearly 3,000 euros

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2g/00m/0sp/018000c

Published: October 4, 2024 13:30

MILAN (AP) -- Ticket prices for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics range from 30 euros ($33) for men's and women's hockey preliminary games all th

Italian family believes painting found in a dump in 1960s is a Picasso and seeks authentication

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2g/00m/0et/010000c

Published: October 4, 2024 13:00

MILAN (AP) -- An Italian family hopes to prove definitively that a painting discarded from a villa on the island of Capri more than 60 years ago is a

North Korea's Kim threatens to destroy South Korea with nuclear strikes if provoked

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2g/00m/0in/026000c

Published: October 4, 2024 11:00

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, state me

NATO's new chief makes Ukraine support a top priority and says he will work with any US president

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241004/p2g/00m/0in/014000c

Published: October 4, 2024 10:30

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The new head of NATO vowed on Tuesday to help shore up Western support for war-ravaged Ukraine and expressed confidence that he can w

30 years or more of dialysis results in more bedridden patients: Japan study

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2a/00m/0sc/019000c

Published: October 4, 2024 07:00

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- More dialysis patients become bedridden after receiving the treatment for 30 years or longer, a study conducted by a group of res

Japan brewery Sapporo launches $1,800 leather jacket as luxury collaborations take off

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2a/00m/0bu/016000c

Published: October 4, 2024 07:00

TOKYO -- Sapporo Breweries Ltd. launched a 264,000-yen (roughly $1,800) leather motorcycle jacket on Oct. 1 as luxury goods made in collaboration betw

This German church is the tallest in the world. Until Spain's La Sagrada Familia is done, anyway

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0in/043000c

Published: October 3, 2024 18:30

ULM, Germany (AP) -- The Ulmer Munster in southern Germany is the world's tallest church. For now, anyway.The Gothic-style Lutheran church's reign --

Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having 'resorted to crimes'

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0in/035000c

Published: October 3, 2024 17:30

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter f

Editorial: New Japan gov't must act on slush funds scandal after Abe faction guilty verdict

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2a/00m/0op/013000c

Published: October 3, 2024 17:25

The slush funds scandal involving factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) that has rocked Japan's political landscape over the last year

Easy Japanese news in translation: Praying to goddesses for good fishing in Fukuoka Pref.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2a/00m/0na/006000c

Published: October 3, 2024 16:00

The autumn festival of Munakata Taisha shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture kicked off with the Miare Festival on October 1. The shrine is a part of the World

Japan maintaining plan to ditch paper health insurance cards for 'My Number' integration

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2a/00m/0na/011000c

Published: October 3, 2024 15:04

TOKYO -- Health minister Takamaro Fukuoka on Oct. 2 said he will not review the plan to scrap Japan's current paper health insurance cards in December

Bank of Japan should patiently maintain loose monetary policy: board member

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0bu/041000c

Published: October 3, 2024 15:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan board member said Thursday that the central bank should patiently maintain its loose monetary policy, a day after the

Typhoon Krathon shuts parts of Taiwan for a third day as it nears the island with extreme rains

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0in/033000c

Published: October 3, 2024 14:30

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) -- A slow-moving typhoon approaching Taiwan led to school and office closures for a third consecutive day Thursday, with author

Leader of 'shady part-time job' group may be linked to string of robberies in Tokyo area

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2a/00m/0na/009000c

Published: October 3, 2024 13:57

One of the three men recently arrested for their alleged involvement in a robbery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, has made a statement implying inv

Japan banker sacked for embezzling $377K from customers, using money for online gambling

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2a/00m/0na/004000c

Published: October 3, 2024 12:29

MAEBASHI -- A banker in east Japan has been dismissed for embezzling a total of 55.35 million yen (about $377,000) from customers, using most of the m

Japan's Kojima, with its proud Jeans Street, draws fans of vintage, deep-blue denim

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2g/00m/0li/036000c

Published: October 3, 2024 10:00

KOJIMA, Japan (AP) -- Denim, that All-American fabric, is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima, where the main road is named Jeans Street, w

Biden won't support a strike on Iran nuclear sites as Israel weighs response to Iran missile attack

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0in/013000c

Published: October 3, 2024 09:30

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) -- President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will not support an Israeli strike on sites related to Tehran's nuclear program

An anti-whaling activist will stay in detention in Greenland while Japan seeks extradition

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0in/011000c

Published: October 3, 2024 09:00

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- A court in Greenland ruled Wednesday that anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 23 while

Swine fever sweeps Italy's north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0sc/009000c

Published: October 3, 2024 08:30

CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) -- One of Giovanni Airoli's sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August. Within a week, all 6,200 sow

Life in Japan: Why is Tokyo shrinking its green spaces amid a climate emergency?

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2a/00m/0op/005000c

Published: October 3, 2024 07:00

By David McNeillOur family spent 14 months searching for a home in Tokyo, viewing a succession of depressingly cramped, bunker-like and pricey houses.

Villains, Mickey and friends enchant fans at Disney Halloween event near Tokyo

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2a/00m/0et/025000c

Published: October 3, 2024 07:00

URAYASU, Chiba -- Parades and shows thrilled visitors at Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea in this east Japan city as a special monthlong Halloween

Life-saving cancer drug a boon to patients in Japan, but price prompts debate

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2g/00m/0sc/032000c

Published: October 3, 2024 07:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nivolumab, an immune checkpoint inhibitor lauded for its groundbreaking approach to cancer treatment, marked its 10th anniversary thi

Toyota boosts its investment in air taxi company Joby Aviation by another $500 million

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0bu/007000c

Published: October 3, 2024 06:39

(AP) -- Toyota is investing another $500 million in Joby Aviation as part of a partnership aimed at helping get the American air taxi company's commer

Israel presses forward on two fronts and reports 8 combat deaths as fears of a wider war mount

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0in/003000c

Published: October 3, 2024 06:19

BEIRUT (AP) -- Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli sold

Baseball: DeNA into CL Climax Series, retiring Norichika Aoki goes 2-for-4

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2g/00m/0sp/049000c

Published: October 2, 2024 22:16

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The DeNA BayStars clinched the third and last Central League Climax Series spot on Wednesday despite losing 4-2 against the pennant-w

Woman in east Japan accused of possessing 1,100-plus counterfeit luxury brand items

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2a/00m/0na/022000c

Published: October 2, 2024 18:21

MAEBASHI -- A Chinese woman was arrested Oct. 1 by Gunma Prefectural Police on suspicion of possessing 1,116 counterfeit luxury brand items including

Kyoto police chief apologizes for inappropriate remarks amid power harassment allegations

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2a/00m/0na/020000c

Published: October 2, 2024 17:35

KYOTO -- The chief of the Kyoto Prefectural Police force is suspected of telling a subordinate that he would kill them, the Mainichi Shimbun has learn

6,000 prime flounder die after extreme heat raised seawater temperatures in west Japan

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2a/00m/0na/018000c

Published: October 2, 2024 17:15

KUDAMATSU, Yamaguchi -- Some 6,000 high-grade flounder have died at a farming center here apparently after seawater temperatures were pushed up by the

Keio Univ. given correction advisory for not specifying labor conditions for assoc. professor

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2a/00m/0na/016000c

Published: October 2, 2024 16:46

TOKYO -- A labor standard inspection office has issued a correction advisory to Keio University for not specifying working conditions in writing when

Editorial: New PM Ishiba's competence to be tested by Japan's need for real reform

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2a/00m/0op/013000c

Published: October 2, 2024 16:08

Shigeru Ishiba, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has assumed office as Japan's 102nd prime minister and formed a new Cabinet. B

Easy Japanese news in translation: New JR Matsuyama Station building opens

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2a/00m/0na/001000c

Published: October 2, 2024 16:00

The new JR Matsuyama Station building in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, opened on September 29. It was the first major renovation in 71 year

Southwest Japan prefecture drops 1st name, photo from staff nametags to combat harassment

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2a/00m/0na/011000c

Published: October 2, 2024 14:57

MIYAZAKI -- The Miyazaki Prefectural Government in southwest Japan now allows employees to wear name tags displaying only their last names as part of

Yemen's Houthi rebels are looking to gain from continuing conflict in the Middle East

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2g/00m/0in/030000c

Published: October 2, 2024 14:57

CAIRO (AP) -- In the days since Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including the strike that killed the militant group's le

Football: Daizen Maeda scores in Celtic's Champions League loss to Dortmund

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2g/00m/0sp/028000c

Published: October 2, 2024 14:31

DORTMUND, Germany (Kyodo) -- Japan forward Daizen Maeda scored an early equalizer but his Scottish club Celtic suffered a 7-1 loss away to Germany's D

Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other's running mates in VP debate

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2g/00m/0in/019000c

Published: October 2, 2024 13:00

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other's running mates in a vice presidential debate that opened with a discussion of

More than 20 are feared dead after a school bus catches fire in suburban Bangkok

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241002/p2g/00m/0in/012000c

Published: October 2, 2024 11:30

BANGKOK (AP) -- A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday, leaving more than 20 fea

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