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Japan In Focus
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Ehime: Battle-Focused Samurai-Style Swimming Re-created
OZU, Ehime — A hardy group of swimmers recently demonstrated an ancient battle-focused swimming tech...
January 21, 2023
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Hiroshima: Oyster Shell Stucco Praised for Health-Friendliness
KURE, Hiroshima — A manufacturer in Hiroshima Prefecture has developed a health-friendly stucco made...
January 21, 2023
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Tokyo: Suntory Brewery, Where Premium Beer Is Born
Visitors to the Suntory Tokyo-Musashino Brewery in Fuchu, Tokyo, can deepen their understanding of t...
January 18, 2023
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Miyazaki: Mythological Tatami-Tossing Contest Held, Again
TAKACHIHO, Miyazaki — Amano Iwato Shrine in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, revived a traditional ev...
January 14, 2023
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Kyoto: Buddha Descends from Heaven, via Drone
KYOTO — In the Buddhist view, Amitabha Buddha is said to descend from heaven on a cloud to pick up p...
January 14, 2023
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Exhibition brings Osamu Dazai’s works to life
The home workplace of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) has been recreated in Mitaka, Tokyo, where he...
January 11, 2023
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Oita: Beppu Tower gets spruced up
BEPPU, Oita — Beppu Tower, a piece of architecture that represents Oita Prefecture’s hot spring reso...
January 7, 2023
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Volcanic island shows heart-shaped reef only in winter
MATSUE — A heart-shaped reef has resurfaced on the shore of Daikonshima Island situated in Lake Naka...
January 7, 2023
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Sagi-ike Pond gets airing out
NARA — Sagi-ike Pond in Nara Park is being drained and dried out under the sun in order to improve t...
January 7, 2023
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Pandas to depart for China next month amid thanks
SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama — Giant pandas Eimei, Ouhin and Touhin will leave their current home at a theme ...
January 7, 2023
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Water quality to be improved in noted pond
NARA — With Kofukuji Temple’s five-story pagoda reflecting on its surface, Sarusawa Pond is one of N...
January 7, 2023
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Keio founder Fukuzawa’s perspective on display
Last year marked 150 years since the founder of Keio University Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) publish...
January 5, 2023
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Tochigi Pref. steps up support for veteran Japanese-language tutors to go online
UTSUNOMIYA — To provide foreign residents with more opportunities to learn Japanese, the Tochigi pre...
January 4, 2023
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Kanagawa: Golden glow of sophisticated Rimpa school art
HAKONE, Kanagawa — At the top of a steep mountain road in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, a visitor is ...
January 2, 2023
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Local company in Nagano turning old house, community center into ‘decentralized hotel’
NAGANO — A project is underway to convert a vacant old house and an aging public facility into accom...
January 1, 2023
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