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  • Sale Begins at Osaka Store to Celebrate Hanshin Tigers’ Central League Title Win

    OSAKA — A sale commemorating for the Hanshin Tigers’ Central League title win began Monday at Han...

    September 8, 2025

    #Osaka
  • Total Lunar Eclipse Appears over Diet Building; Phenomenon Able to Be Seen Across Japan for 1st Time in 3 Years

    A dusky red moon is seen slowly descending above the Diet Building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, during...

    September 8, 2025

    #Tokyo
  • Japan’s Bamboo Forests, Abandoned and Overgrown, Get Nibbled Down to Size

    TOYAMA — With many bamboo forests across the country having been abandoned and grown unruly, some...

    September 8, 2025

    #Toyama
  • Sales of Official Expo Merchandise Expected to Continue After Event Concludes Amid Popularity of Items Including Myaku-Myaku-Themed Goods

    Official 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo merchandise are set to continue to be sold after the event closes...

    September 8, 2025

    #2025 Expo Osaka
  • Tick-Borne Infections of SFTS Disease Increasing in Western Japan, Experts Calling for Public to Take Countermeasures

    The number of people contracting severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) — an infectio...

    September 8, 2025

  • 200 LED Candle Lanterns Lit in Sendai to Support Children with Childhood Cancer

    SENDAI — People lit about 200 LED lanterns in Sendai on Saturday evening to mourn children who ha...

    September 7, 2025

    #Sendai
  • Ichiro Inspires Kobe High School Students with Life Lessons, Memories from Time of Hanshin Earthquake

    Ichiro Suzuki, who has been inducted into the Hall of Fame in both Japan and the United States, j...

    September 7, 2025

  • Savor Japanese Artisanal Culture at Cafes; Firms Use Important Cultural Assets to Attract Interest

    FUKUOKA — Customers are increasingly able to enjoy traditional Japanese products at cafes run by ...

    September 7, 2025

    #Fukuoka
  • ¥80 Mil. Crowdfunded in 2 Months for Last Surviving WWII Japanese Fighter Shiden Kai

    EHIME-Over ¥80 million was raised through crowd funding to build a new exhibition hall in Ehime P...

    September 7, 2025

  • Stink Bug Outbreak Across Japan Sparks Rice Price Concerns; Cause Thought to Be Hotter Temperatures, Longer Summers

    Rice-eating stink bugs are appearing in greater numbers in paddy fields across Japan, casting a s...

    September 6, 2025

    #Rice Crisis
  • Typhoon-spawned Tornado Damages Homes, Overturns Cars, Injures 25 in Shizuoka

    SHIZUOKA — A tornado that formed from Typhoon Peipah, also called Typhoon No. 15, on Friday cause...

    September 6, 2025

    #Typhoon
  • M 4.3 Earthquake Strikes Japan’s Northern Kanto Region.; No Tsunami Threat

    The Japan News The Japan News [posttime] JST, [postdate] An earthquake with an estimated magnit...

    September 5, 2025

    #Earthquake #Tochigi
  • 2 Cars Overturned near Station in Ibaraki Pref. Apparently Due to Sudden Gust of Wind

    Two cars were overturned in a parking lot in front of a JR station in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture...

    September 5, 2025

    #Typhoon
  • Tomei, Shin-Tomei Expressways Partially Closed Due to Typhoon, Heavy Rain

    Parts of the Tomei Expressway and Shin-Tomei Expressway have been closed due to heavy rain caused...

    September 5, 2025

  • Strong Winds in Central Shizuoka Pref. Overturn Truck, Blow Away Signboard

    A tornado and other violent gusts of wind are believed to have struck central Shizuoka Prefecture...

    September 5, 2025

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