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Fukuoka: New high-speed ship to link Hakata, Kitakyushu ports
FUKUOKA — JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc. has announced that it will newly open in April a route between Ha...
April 2, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Kyoto: More water stations set up to reduce plastic waste
KAMEOKA, Kyoto — A municipality in Kyoto Prefecture is working to reduce plastic waste — particularl...
April 2, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Tokushima: Pedaling toward healthy life with bus for cyclists
TOKUSHIMA — To encourage residents to live healthier lifestyles, the Tokushima prefectural governmen...
April 2, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Chiba: Broken clock symbolizes city’s resilience after 3/11
ASAHI, Chiba — The hands of the clock are stopped at 5:26, when the biggest tsunami wave resulting f...
March 29, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Niigata city tests remote customer service
NIIGATA — The avatar of a civil servant on a screen greets and assists visitors at the Niigata City ...
March 29, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Fans flock to Nagano museum to honor late painter Taizi Harada
SUWA, Nagano — Mourners prayed for the soul of late painter Taizi Harada in front of an altar and se...
March 29, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Snow-capped ‘Aomori dog’ sculpture streamed to global audience
AOMORI — A famous sculpture of a dog by contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara is being live-streamed on...
March 27, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Akita: Seasoning to sprinkle over pet food helps keep fluffy friends healthy
DAISEN, Akita — A food company in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, has developed furikake — a Japanese seas...
March 24, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Kitakyushu university students make tomato sake, eye market
KITAKYUSHU — A group of university students has succeeded in brewing sake using locally harvested to...
March 22, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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‘Tipsy mackerel’ to go on sale in Yamaguchi Prefecture
YAMAGUCHI — Sales of mackerel grown with food mixed with sake kasu, or pressed sake lees, will go in...
March 22, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Osaka: Sewage plant boasts manhole cover collection
HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka — An unusual facility with a front entrance that resembles a sewer pipe has rec...
March 19, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Kagawa: Gasoline-powered railway car to be re-created as full-scale model
TAKAMATSU — A project is underway to re-created as a full-scale model a small gasoline-powered car t...
March 19, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Nagano: Absence of frozen lake surface cracks reported to deities
SUWA, Nagano — About 30 people took part in a traditional ceremony held last month to report to the ...
March 15, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Man who shot famed tsunami video turned lens on Fukushima’s future
The Yomiuri ShimbunTakashi Hokoi, right, and Yuichi Harada talk amid cherry trees on March 6 in Nami...
March 15, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Okinawa: Roots of warm welcome to pro baseball camps
As Japan’s pro baseball teams prepare for the season ahead, the crack of balls on bats and thumping ...
March 12, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Okinawa: Bombs found on sunken U.S. warship
Unexploded depth charges found in a U.S. warship that was sunk off the coast of central Okinawa Isla...
March 12, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Okinawa: Ceremony commemorates trade with Amami Islands
A ceremony re-creating the bartering of goats and lumber was held at a fishing port in Kunigami Vill...
March 12, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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3/11 survivor doesn’t give up on fishing nor his hometown
SENDAI — Fisherman Takayuki Atsumi was in his late 20s when he saw the huge wave come over the seawa...
March 11, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Okinawa power industry looks to reduce reliance on fossil fuels
The power industry in Okinawa Prefecture is now in a crucial transition phase as it looks to respond...
March 11, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Fukuoka: ‘Mr. Tornado’ to be honored in hometown
KITAKYUSHU — The international standard for measuring tornado severity, called the Fujita scale, was...
March 5, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Osaka: Glico hits 100-year mark powered by glycogen
OSAKA — This year marks 100 years since Ezaki Glico Co. was founded. One of Japan’s leading confecti...
March 5, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Shizuoka: ‘Legendary’ baseball stadium rich in drama
SHIZUOKA — Kusanagi Stadium in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka, is sometimes referred to as a “legendary baseb...
March 1, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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‘Community reactivator’ helping Akita Pref. farmers with branding, sales
DAISEN, Akita — Takuya Omori, 48, has caused quite a stir in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, since arrivin...
March 1, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Iwate: ‘Miraculous lone pine’ stump and root network to go on tour
RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate — The stump and root network of the “miraculous lone pine,” a tree that surviv...
March 1, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Fukushima Pref. farmers set to restart exports to Taiwan following lifting of ban
Taiwan has lifted an import ban on food from Fukushima and four other prefectures, imposed in the wa...
March 1, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Unazuki hot spring resort aims to be mecca for ski mountaineering
The Unazuki hot spring ski resort in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, is aiming to become a mecca for ski ...
February 28, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Lighting installations evoke eternal flow of time
MITO — A variety of lighting installations are on display at Kairakuen, a well-known viewing spot fo...
February 27, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Hyogo: Why is Osaka Airport called Itami?
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo — Osaka International Airport is also known as Itami Airport, with Itami being th...
February 26, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Tokushima: Shrine dedicated to a ghost cat out for justice
ANAN, Tokushima — A shrine in Tokushima Prefecture has about 10,000 beckoning cats on its grounds, d...
February 26, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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Legendary pine tree thrives in Shizuoka Pref.
SHIZUOKA — Two clone seedlings of a Hagoromo no Matsu pine tree — on which legend has it that a heav...
February 22, 2022 - JAPAN IN FOCUS
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