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Thursday, July 11, 2024


People hold up parasols for shade amid the harsh heat in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 5, 2024. (Mainichi/Mimi Niimiya)

Yoroku: The anime 'Weathering with You' and climate-based health ailments
Director Makoto Shinkai's animated film "Weathering with You" features the relationship between weather and people's feelings as one of its motifs. A Full article

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This screenshot shows the official website of the Sapporo marriage support center. Sapporo launches dating app service to help people get married
︵2024/7/11︶
  

The University of Tokyo is seen in the Japanese capital's Bunkyo Ward in this June 15, 2021, file photo. (Mainichi/Kimitaka Takeichi) Avian flu virus possibly more infectious to humans from cattle than from birds: research  
︵2024/7/10︶
  

This photo taken on July 10, 2024, shows a Japan Coast Guard helicopter rescuing a woman off the coast of Minamiboso in Chiba Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of Japan Coast Guard Yokosuka Office)(Kyodo) Missing woman rescued near Tokyo after 36 hours adrift at sea  
︵2024/7/10︶
  

This photo released by the Hawaii Police Department on its website shows the two hand grenades Akito Fukushima allegedly possessed. (Kyodo) Japanese man arrested for allegedly carrying hand grenades at Hawaii airport  
︵2024/7/10︶
  

This photo shows a building that houses Astrade Co. in Osaka on July 10, 2024. (Kyodo) Russian arrested in Japan for alleged illegal export of personal watercraft  
︵2024/7/10︶
  

This photo taken on July 10, 2024, shows the Hiroshima High Court. (Kyodo) Hiroshima High Court OKs gender change without confirmation surgery  
︵2024/7/10︶
  

A Tokyo gubernatorial election poster board is seen in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on June 20, 2024. (Mainichi/Toshiki Miyama) Defeated candidate seeks to nullify Tokyo election due to shortage of poster board space  
︵2024/7/10︶
  



Editor's Picks




Hiromu Morishita talks about the pictures he used in Oslo while giving testimony about his A-bomb experiences, in Hiroshima's Saeki Ward on June 20, 2024. (Mainichi/Tadashi Kako) 93-yr-old Hiroshima A-bomb survivor doesn't let grudge 'drag', recalls kind gesture 
︵2024/7/11︶
  

Kumiko Nagata, deputy director of the Tokyo Center for Dementia Care Research and Practices, is seen in Tokyo's Suginami Ward in July 2024. (Mainichi/Yuji Semba) Don't restrict dementia patient outings as missing cases rise in Japan: expert 
︵2024/7/10︶
  

Mark Bookman, who was a postdoctoral fellow at Tokyo College and disability policy consultant for the International Paralympic Committee, is pictured at center in this photo provided by Glide Fund Inc. Life in Japan: An encounter with disability and a call to action 
︵2024/7/10︶
  

Ukrainian women dance in front of a "bonfire" in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 7, 2024. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada) Ukrainian evacuees enjoy traditional homeland summer festival in Japan 
︵2024/7/10︶
  

A tribute concert for the late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa was held in Geneva on July 9, 2024. (Kyodo) Tribute concert held in Geneva for late Japan conductor Seiji Ozawa 
︵2024/7/10︶
  

A sign on Kadokawa Corp.'s headquarters is seen in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 5, 2024. (Mainichi/Kanami Ikawa) Editorial: Japan needs to review cyberattack countermeasures as hackers target firms 
︵2024/7/10︶
  

(Mainichi/Takashi Umeyama) Easy Japanese news in translation: Early rice harvest starts in Kagoshima Prefecture 
︵2024/7/10︶
  



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In Photos: 'Tanabata' star festival at Kansai int'l airport
In Photos: 'Tanabata' star festival at Kansai int'l airport
  




Retro Japan in Photos: Former Yogo Village Office in Yokkaichi, Mie Pref.
Retro Japan in Photos: Former Yogo Village Office in Yokkaichi, Mie Pref.
  




In Photos: Tokyo Disney Resort guests beat the heat by getting soaked
In Photos: Tokyo Disney Resort guests beat the heat by getting soaked
  




In Photos: Ritual marking start of month-long Gion Festival takes place at Kyoto shrine
In Photos: Ritual marking start of month-long Gion Festival takes place at Kyoto shrine
  




In Photos: Mt. Fuji's north trail opens for season with new toll, cap on climber numbers
In Photos: Mt. Fuji's north trail opens for season with new toll, cap on climber numbers
  




Japan



Climbers head up Mt. Fuji on the first day that trails on the Shizuoka Prefecture side of the mountain opened for the climbing season, in Fujinomiya on July 10, 2024. (Kyodo)

●Mt. Fuji climbing season begins in full as Shizuoka trails opened
●Japan junior high baseball coach arrested for allegedly beating, threatening to kill players
●Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan from FY 2028
●Ex-SDF member Gonoi settles with 3 sexual assault perpetrators
●Nikkei, Topix end at new record highs on optimistic economic outlook
●Japan's unused defense budget in FY 2023 totals 130 bil. yen
  

World



Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, far right, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, far left, meet in Washington on July 10, 2024. (Yonhap/Kyodo)

●Japan, S. Korea leaders see N. Korea-Russia ties as serious threat
●NATO allies call China a 'decisive enabler' of Russia's war in Ukraine
●Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza City, an early target of its war with Hamas
●Caribbean ally seeks Taiwan's inclusion in international forums
●Japanese man arrested for allegedly carrying hand grenades at Hawaii airport
●Putin hosts India's prime minister to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
  

Business



A smartphone is seen in the hot sun in this photo provided by Japan PC Service Co.

●Smartphones, computers can suffer from 'heatstroke' on hot days warns Japan company
●Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan from FY 2028
●Tokyo stocks open sharply higher after Wall Street gains
●Fed's Powell highlights slowing job market in signal that rate cuts may be nearing
●Foreign-affiliated hotels opening in Kyoto, Osaka as competition for guests heats up
●MUFG Bank probed on employee's alleged involvement in insider trading
  

Sports



Japan's Olympic basketball team with coach Tom Hovasse, center, front row, during a press conference at Tokyo's National Training Center on July 10, 2024. (Kyodo)

●Basketball: Rui Hachimura keen to show off his NBA game in Paris Olympics
●Rugby: Japan flyhalf Rikiya Matsuda joins Toyota Verblitz
●Baseball: Buffaloes rally past 1st-place Hawks in 2-run 9th
●Swimming: WADA did not mishandle China doping case, investigator says
●Volleyball: Japan women's captain Sarina Koga to retire after Olympics
●Gymnastics: Kohei Uchimura backs Japan team, Daiki Hashimoto for gold in Paris
  

Arts & Entertainment



Mickey Mouse, left, and Minnie Mouse pose for photos during a press conference as Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort theme parks, announced its new cruise ship business plan on July 9, 2024. (Kyodo)

●Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan from FY 2028
●Tribute concert held in Geneva for late Japan conductor Seiji Ozawa
●Singer of Japanese anime 'NANA' keen to promote Japan-China exchanges
●Jon Landau, Oscar-winning 'Titanic' and 'Avatar' producer, dies at 63
●Retro Japan: Stylish 1921 village hall in Mie Pref. evokes local industrialist's commitment
●'Seven Samurai' at 70: Akira Kurosawa's epic still moves like nothing else
  

Lifestyle & Health



This file photo shows summer sunlight in Tokyo. (Mainichi/Kenji Yoneda)

●'Most severe' to be added to Japan heatstroke severity scale due to rise in emergency care
●Smartphones, computers can suffer from 'heatstroke' on hot days warns Japan company
●Health- and social media-oriented soft serve cones hot in Japan, classic ones still popular
●Foreign-affiliated hotels opening in Kyoto, Osaka as competition for guests heats up
●As I See It: US military precedence in Japan needs to change
●The outsized impact of 'the Two Suzukis' on Japan's postwar pacifist Constitution
  

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Coronavirus(COVID-19)infections in Japan

As of July 5, 2024, 2:00 p.m.

As of the June 24 - June 30, 2024 period

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This file photo shows the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Suzutsuki entering port in China's Qingdao for an international naval review event in April 2019. (Kyodo) Japan destroyer sailed into China territorial waters despite warnings


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