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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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