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  • Japan’s Okayama Korakuen Garden in Okayama Pref. Sees First Cherry Blossoms

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    March 29, 2025

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    March 29, 2025

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    Japan's traditional crafts are facing dire challenges. In the next three years, the number of cra...

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    March 29, 2025

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    Kumagaya Regional Meteorological Observatory said Thursday that the cherry blossoms had bloomed i...

    March 28, 2025

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    March 28, 2025

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    MITO — Cherry blossoms of the most common Someiyoshino variety opened in Mito, according to an an...

    March 28, 2025

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    NIIGATA — Ten students from Niigata Prefecture visited Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi on Wednesday, telling...

    March 28, 2025

  • Cherry Blossoms in Bloom amid Warm Weather in Shizuoka; March’s Highest Temperatures Recorded

    Someiyoshino cherry trees, the most common variety, officially blossomed in Shizuoka, according t...

    March 27, 2025

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    WAKAYAMA — Someiyoshino cherry blossoms have begun blooming in Wakayama, four days earlier than l...

    March 27, 2025

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    The wildfires in Ehime and Okayama prefectures were still not contained on Thursday, while anothe...

    March 27, 2025

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    The 1970 Osaka Expo was widely reported on not only in Japan but also by overseas media. The even...

    March 27, 2025

  • Cherry Blossoms Begin to Bloom in Japan’s Tokushima; Bringing Smiles to People Visiting Park

    TOKUSHIMA — Someiyoshino cherry blossoms in Tokushima have begun to bloom, the Tokushima Regional...

    March 27, 2025

    #Flower #Cherry Blossom #Tokushima
  • Cherry Blossoms Officially in Bloom in Nagoya; 2 Days Earlier than Last Year

    NAGOYA — Someiyoshino cherry flowers have begun to bloom in Nagoya City, the Nagoya Regional Mete...

    March 27, 2025

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  • More Japanese Textbooks Warn About Risks of Generative AI; Students Urged to Think About Internet’s Effect on Elections

    Textbook screenings for mainly first-year high school students revealed a sharp increase in the n...

    March 27, 2025

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