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【東中野・西太后（せいたいごう）】中華料理店が炎上中？中国人お断り？ | 住もうよ！東中野 https://higashinakano.jp/seitaigou/

Nearly half of young Japanese men in survey have never had a girlfriend, zero-boyfriend women rise too | SoraNews24 Japan News https://soranews24.com/2023/12/15/nearly-half-of-young-japanese-men-in-survey-have-never-had-a-girlfriend-zero-boyfriend-women-rise-too/

Baseball: New Dodger Shohei Ohtani flicks the script with unusual dog name https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/12/db7d61a3aa63-baseball-new-dodger-ohtani-flicks-the-script-with-unusual-dog-name.html

60% of Japanese workers want no part of traditional New Year's office parties: survey - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231213/p2a/00m/0na/010000c

Eisai-Biogen Alzheimer's therapy to cost 2.98 million yen per year https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/12/0bf5503667de-eisai-biogen-alzheimers-therapy-to-cost-298-mil-yen-per-year.html

Hundreds of tons of dead fish wash up in Hokkaido; experts puzzled | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15079472

Japan's oldest person dies at 116 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/12/cbfa8ea68d40-japans-oldest-person-dies-at-116.html

Japan’s Kanji of the Year for 2023 reveals the worries of Japanese society | SoraNews24 Japan News https://soranews24.com/2023/12/12/japans-kanji-of-the-year-for-2023-reveals-the-worries-of-japanese-society

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