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Articles from this week's episode
Japanese women lift skirts, flash ocean to attract lots of fish at annual ceremony【Video】
https://soranews24.com/2024/02/15/japanese-women-lift-skirts-flash-ocean-to-attract-lots-of-fish-at-annual-ceremony%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/

FOCUS: Japan maglev train project being derailed by Shizuoka stalemate
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/02/66b45b00ff97-focus-japan-maglev-train-project-being-derailed-by-shizuoka-stalemate.html

Japan taxi, bus driver's license tests to go multilingual
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/02/a09d976976a1-japan-taxi-bus-drivers-license-tests-to-go-multilingual.html

Japan SDF to soften hairstyle rules as recruit shortage worsens
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/02/113e3c9e04bc-japan-sdf-to-soften-hairstyle-rules-as-recruit-shortage-worsens.html

Japan successfully launches new H3 rocket a year after failure
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/02/6a866b0767ac-update1-japans-new-h3-rocket-lifts-off-after-failed-launch-in-2023.html

Japan’s National Debt Hits ¥1.3 Quadrillion Due to Soaring Pandemic Prices
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01677/