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Raw chicken dishes to be regulated by Japanese government

• Master Blaster
  Jul 9, 2026
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Government probably always just assumed common sense was enough.

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• Japan
• (chicken • COK • food • food poisoning • Guillian-Barré • health • Japanese food • Kagoshima • raw meat • regulations • safety • tataki • wellness)

Mt Fuji installs new emergency shelters ahead of the 2026 climbing season

• Oona McGee
  Jun 30, 2026

New reinforced shelters are designed to protect climbers from volcanic eruptions, falling rocks and lightning.

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• Japan
• (2026 climbing season • climbing • climbing Mt. Fuji • Fuji • Fujisan • hiking • mountain climbing • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji climbing season • nature • outdoors • safety • tourism • travel • Yoshida Trail)

Fukushima City on edge as resourceful and violent bear still not found

• Master Blaster
  Jun 8, 2026

Cunning bear managed to escape stand-off with police and hunters.

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• Japan
• (animals • bear attacks • bears • COK • Fukushima • safety)

Shinto shrine will bless your bike helmet and give you a sacred bike helmet stamp

• Master Blaster
  May 2, 2026

Pray to get ahead or to keep your head.

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• Japan
• (bicycle helmets • bicycles • bicycling • COK • culture • cycling • Mie Prefecture • religion • safety • shinto • shrines)

Osaka police to start patrolling on motorized kick scooters

• Master Blaster
  Sep 24, 2025

At least it’s a little cooler than recumbent bikes.

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• Japan
• (kick scooters • Osaka • Osaka Prefectural Police • police • safety • traffic laws)

Bear encounter prevention app growing in popularity in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Sep 22, 2025

BowBear hopes you’ll see no bear.

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• Japan
• (animals • apps • bear attacks • bears • BowBear • hiking • outdoors • safety • technology)

The curious case of the 7-month-old milk that tasted fine and didn’t make anyone sick

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2025

No one’s crying over expired milk this time.

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• Japan
• (Amagasaki • expiration date • Hyogo • labeling • milk • pasteurization • safety • school lunches • UHT sterilization)

Firefighters called after overheating mobile battery placed in hotel fridge in Hokkaido

• Master Blaster
  Aug 30, 2025

But is the fridge to blame?

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• Japan
• (electronics • explosion • fire • hazard • Hokkaido • hotels • mobile battery • safety • thermal runaway)

A bag of chips could save you from drowning, according to water safety experts

• Master Blaster
  Aug 29, 2025

Have you hugged your chips lately?

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• Japan
• (chips • drowning • floatation device • potato chips • safety • snacks • summer • swimming)

Mobile battery fire breaks out on Tokyo’s main commuter line

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 21, 2025

Battery began to burn after less than a minute of use, owner says.

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• Japan
• (crazy • fire • mobile batteries • safety • technology • trains • Yamanote line)

Japanese can maker says it’s OK to microwave cans with their new invention

• Master Blaster
  Jul 14, 2025

Can the Range de Can do what it says it can?

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• Japan
• (cans • Daiwa Can • inventions • metal • microwaves • Range de Can • safety • sparks • technology)

School suddenly changes field trip from 2025 Expo to Universal Studios Japan over safety concerns

• Master Blaster
  Apr 18, 2025

Will more follow their lead?

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • class trip • Osaka • safety • school trips • schools • society • students • travel • Universal Studios Japan)

Japan’s National Police Agency plans to introduce fines for bike traffic violations in 2026

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 2, 2024

The proposal would leave bikers who ignore police warnings about reckless riding with a ticket and fine instead of a criminal charge.

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• Japan
• (bicycles • bike riding • bikes • COK • National Police Agency • Road Traffic Act • safety • society • transportation)

Japanese driving school holds special drunk driving lesson【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 29, 2023

Finished your six drinks? Then it’s time to get behind the wheel!

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • crazy • driving • drunk driving • safety • weird)

SoraNews24 formally apologizes for recent misunderstanding with crows in nearby park

• Master Blaster
  May 29, 2023

We eat crow and apologize to some crows.

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• Japan
• (apologies • bird nests • crows • Masanuki Sunakoma • safety • Tokyo • wildlife)

What it’s like to live in Tokyo’s least safe neighbourhood

• Oona McGee
  May 26, 2023

Five things our reporter noticed after moving from Tokyo’s safest area to its least safe one.

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• Japan
• (COK • daily life • daily life in Japan • lifestyle • moving • moving to Japan • neighborhood • renting • renting in Japan • safe areas • safety • SNJO • society • Tokyo)

What should you do if you get stuck in an elevator in an earthquake? Japan’s NHK offers five tips

• Casey Baseel
  May 15, 2023

And we add one of our own.

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• Japan
• (COK • disaster • earthquakes • life hacks • Lifehacks • safety)

If the new bicycle helmet rule isn’t mandatory, are there penalties for not following it?

• Dale Roll
  Apr 13, 2023

We asked a lawyer to find out!

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• Japan
• (bicycles • cycling • helmets • Japanese law • law • lawyer • legal • riding bicycles • safety)

Hokkaido amusement park shuts down Ferris wheel for the day with mother and children still at top

• Master Blaster
  Nov 1, 2022

Top of the world, Ma!

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • crazy • Family Ai-Land You • Ferris wheel • Hokkaido • safety • scary • theme parks • Yubetsu)

University of Tokyo lecturer suggests giving cars big cartoon eyes will make them safer

• Master Blaster
  Oct 26, 2022

The cars have eyes.

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• Global, Japan
• (autonomous cars • Chia-ming Chang • eyes • safety • technology • University of Tokyo)

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