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As university entrance examinations reach their final stage, with national and public universities beginning their second-round tests on February 25th, many applicants and their families are grappling with the issue of “double payments” of admission fees, prompting the education ministry to consider reviewing the system.
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A nationwide ranking of Japanese dialect expressions whose usage can be difficult to understand has been released, highlighting regional words with meanings that often surprise people unfamiliar with local speech, including the Yamanashi dialect word "waniwani," which asks the question: would you know what it means?

Elementary school students in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, interacted with foreign tourists in English, introducing the city’s attractions and local culture.

A training exercise simulating a suspicious individual carrying a knife was conducted at a train station in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, as preparations continue for the Asian Games and Asian Para Games scheduled to take place mainly across the prefecture this autumn.

A company in Sapporo is opening its internal training room as temporary accommodation for university entrance exam students as a shortage of hotel rooms emerges ahead of the final tour of the idol group Arashi scheduled for next week.

During the first half of the twentieth century, the expansion of the Japanese Empire across Asia turned war into a landscape of systematic violence against civilian populations. (TRNGL)

With company information sessions for university students set to graduate next spring opening in March, Japan’s job-hunting season has entered full swing, once again unfolding under what is widely seen as a candidate-driven seller’s market.