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Japan In Focus
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Japan’s Mirai Convenience Store shows what acting locally can do for a community’s future
NAKA, Tokushima — A convenience store in a depopulated community deep in the mountains in Tokushima ...
January 10, 2022
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Kyoto: Field hockey culture invigorates rural town
KYOTAMBA, Kyoto — A mountain town in Kyoto Prefecture boasts an artificial pitch on which children d...
January 8, 2022
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Oita: Resorts hope ‘aliens’ will launch invasion of tourists
OITA — Japan’s largest hot spring resort prefecture has launched an unusual tourism strategy that pr...
January 8, 2022
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Pizza oven unites Hiroshima island residents
MIHARA, Hiroshima — Residents of Sagishima in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, made a pizza oven using ...
January 4, 2022
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Gunma: Wind caves to serve as natural storage for Tsumagoi cabbages
TSUMAGOI, Gunma — Work has begun in Tsumagoi, Gunma Prefecture, to store locally produced cabbage in...
January 4, 2022
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Nara: Lone figurine maker carries on with creating pottery with roots in legend
SAKURAI, Nara — A tradition of making cute figurines that have mythological roots is being carried o...
January 3, 2022
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Shimane: Women’s kagura dances toward March debut
HAMADA, Shimane — Women are making their mark in the world of Iwami Kagura, a Shinto ceremonial danc...
January 3, 2022
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Japan has high hopes for geothermal power in Kyushu
FUKUOKA — As expectations grow for the expansion of geothermal power generation as a renewable energ...
January 3, 2022
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Yamanashi: ‘Mt. Fuji’ shines at station
OTSUKI, Yamanashi — A glittering 3-meter-high “Mt. Fuji” was installed in front of JR Otsuki Station...
December 28, 2021
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Nagano: Chemical product inspector rewarded for detailed work
NAGANO — The government has bestowed upon Haruhiko Kuwabara, 65, the title of contemporary master cr...
December 28, 2021
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World’s first car-train dual-vehicle begins operation in Shikoku
TOKUSHIMA — A dual-mode vehicle capable of running on both railway tracks and roads has started serv...
December 27, 2021
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Nagasaki: Softshell turtles might be falling from the sky?
ISAHAYA, Nagasaki — While driving in an urban area four years ago, a woman in her 50s ran over a sof...
December 25, 2021
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Hiroshima: Temple becomes symbol of mother’s mercy
FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima — A vermilion-painted temple stands on the cliffs of a cape, its rocky surface e...
December 25, 2021
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Otsu invites diplomats to tour city in bid to attract international conventions
OTSU — In an effort to showcase the capital of Shiga Prefecture as a potential international convent...
December 22, 2021
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Okayama: More prawns, more hope of lake improving
OKAYAMA — More prawns are being found in an artificial lake in Okayama, which is sparking hope the w...
December 19, 2021
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