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  • 2025 Expo Osaka: Tokyo Police on High Alert Ahead of Opening; Officials Cautious over Possibility of Lone Offenders, Cyberattacks

    Ahead of the opening Sunday of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, police authorities plan to mobilize more of...

    April 12, 2025

    #2025 Expo Osaka
  • Caution Urged over Lightning, Strong Winds in Kanto-Koshin Region; Atmospheric Conditions Set to Become Unstable

    The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a warning over atmospheric conditions that are set to ...

    April 11, 2025

  • Student’s Heart Starts Beating Again after Being Struck by Lightning in Nara City; 2 Others in Serious Condition

    NARA — A junior high school student’s heart started beating again on Friday after he was struck b...

    April 11, 2025

  • Lightning Strikes Students Playing Soccer in Nara; One in Cardiopulmonary Arrest

    NARA — At least six students were taken to the hospital and one was said to be in cardiopulmonary...

    April 10, 2025

  • Brass Foundry Retains its Luster; Delights Eyes with Unique Ornaments, Decorations

    With its muted shine, brass is often strongly associated with practical items such as architectur...

    April 10, 2025

  • 2025 Expo Osaka: Flying Car, Robots, VR Travel Await at Expo Site; Pieces of Moon and Mars Also to be Displayed

    The 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will open on Sunday on the artificial island of Yumenoshima in ...

    April 10, 2025

    #2025 Expo Osaka
  • TEPCO Begins Treated Water Discharge for FY 2025

    Tokyo, April 10 (Jiji Press)—Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday began dischar...

    April 10, 2025

  • 333 Koinobori Carp Streamers Swim in Tokyo Sky; Tokyo Tower Decorated Ahead of Children’s Day

    With the May 5 Children’s Day festival approaching, 333 Koinobori carp streamers are hanging in f...

    April 9, 2025

  • Cherry Trees in Full Bloom in Japan’s Fukushima; Mt. Shinobu Covered in Beautiful Cherry Blossoms

    Someiyoshino cherry trees were in full bloom in Fukushima, the Fukushima Meteorological Office an...

    April 9, 2025

    #Cherry Blossom #Fukushima #Flower
  • Battleship Yamato Crewman’s Question Still Haunts Son; Father Spoke of Death Just before Fatal Okinawa Voyage in 1945

    “Don’t you want me to die in battle?”

    Hiroshima City resident Reiji Fujimoto, 93, recalle...

    April 9, 2025

  • JAL Plane Makes Emergency Stop at Haneda Airport; Plane Starts Takeoff Run 30 Meters from Runway Centerline, Hits Aviation Light on Runway

    A Japan Airlines plane bound for Kitakyushu made an emergency stop after beginning its takeoff at...

    April 9, 2025

  • Tulips in Full Bloom Delight Visitors to Yokohama Park

    YOKOHAMA — The tulips are now in full bloom in Yokohama Park in Yokohama, delighting the visitors...

    April 9, 2025

    #Kanagawa #Flower #Tulip
  • Cherry Blossoms Bloom in Japan’s Yamagata Park; Trees Will Be in Full Blossom Until Around April 17

    YAMAGATA — The cherry blossoms have begun to bloom in Kajo Park in Yamagata, the municipal govern...

    April 9, 2025

    #Yamagata #Flower #Cherry Blossom
  • ASDF Plane Leaves for Myanmar on Aid Mission; Bringing Medical Supplies to Quake-Stricken Region

    An Air Self-Defense Force C-130 transport plane left Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture to deliv...

    April 9, 2025

  • Someiyoshino Cherry blossoms in Full Bloom in Japan’s Mito

    MITO, Ibaraki Pref. — The city’s Someiyoshino cherry blossoms reached their peak bloom on Tuesday...

    April 9, 2025

    #Flower #Cherry Blossom #Ibaraki
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