{
  "id": 3852911,
  "title": "Hokkaido Univ. Graduate Student Dies after Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/hokkaido-univ-graduate-student-dies-after-hydrofluoric-acid-exposure",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T00:16:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082701107/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sapporo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)--A Hokkaido University graduate student in his 20s died after being exposed to hydrofluoric acid at a facility belonging to the Faculty of Science of the university in Sapporo, the capital of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. At around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, the university called for an ambulance, reporting that students had been exposed to chemicals...",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "Hokkaido Univ. Graduate Student Dies after being Splashed with Hydrofluoric Acid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/hokkaido-univ-graduate-student-dies-after-being-splashed-with",
        "published": "2026-08-28T01:37:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Hokkaido Univ. student dies after being splashed with hydrofluoric acid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/hokkaido-univ-student-dies-after-being-splashed-with-hydrofluoric-acid",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:02:38.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}