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  • Tokyo Skytree Illuminated in Red to Support Japanese Athletes Competing in Upcoming World Athletics in Tokyo

    Tokyo Skytree in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, is illiuminated in “sunrise red” on Wednesday. The lighting ...

    September 4, 2025

  • Typhoon Peipah Forms Near Amami Oshima Island, Expected to Move toward East and Hit Shikoku, Kinki Regions

    A tropical depression near Amami Oshima Island, approximately 140 kilometers east of the island, ...

    September 4, 2025

    #Typhoon
  • Red Sand from Jordan Desert To Be Transported from Expo to Tottori Pref. After Expo Concludes, With Plans to Promote the Sand as Expo Legacy

    Red desert sand that is currently on display at the Jordan Pavilion at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo...

    September 4, 2025

    #2025 Expo Osaka #Tottori
  • Kyoto Institute of Philosophy to Hold Conference on ‘Society of Values’; Participants will Deepen Understanding of Diverse, Multilayered Value Systems

    The Kyoto Institute of Philosophy will hold a conference during which participants will exchange ...

    September 4, 2025

    #Kyoto
  • Tokyo’s Ueno Toshogu Shrine, Aglow with Gold, to Accept Visitors to Usually Closed Structure in November

    Konjikiden, the gold-leafed main structure of Ueno Toshogu shrine in Taito Ward, Tokyo, which is ...

    September 3, 2025

    #Tokyo
  • Osaka Takes 1st Place in Ranking of Japanese Cities for 5th Consecutive Year

    Osaka ranked first for the fifth consecutive year in a ranking of major cities in Japan based on ...

    September 3, 2025

  • JRA Jockey School Sees Wave of Dropouts, Zero Jockeys to Debut Next Spring; First Time since School Opened 1982

    The JRA Jockey School in Shiroi, Chiba Prefecture, which trains jockeys for central horse racing,...

    September 3, 2025

  • Possible Heavy Rain Forecast for Kanto Region Including Tokyo from Wednesday Evening

    A linear precipitation zone may develop over Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, and Tokyo p...

    September 3, 2025

  • Japan Experiences Hottest Summer on Record; June-August Temperatures Soar 2.36 C Above 30-Year Average

    Japan’s average temperature this summer, from June to August, exceeded the 30-year average by 2.3...

    September 2, 2025

  • 20% of Japanese Students Don’t Read Books, Harming Their Comprehension Skills, Study Finds

    One in ten university students do not take notes during lectures, while two in ten do not regular...

    September 2, 2025

  • Emergency Kit Gains Popularity in City’s Furusato Nozei Hometown Program; Increase in Donations for Gift Due to Nankai Trough Advisory

    A set of emergency supplies developed by a food processing company in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefectu...

    September 2, 2025

    #Miyagi
  • 73-Year-Old Man Attacked by Bear in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture

    MORIOKA — A 73-year-old man was attacked by a bear in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday evening...

    September 2, 2025

    #Iwate #Bear Attacks
  • Treated Water Release at Fukushima Nuclear Plant Passes 2-Year Mark; 11 of 1,046 Water Tanks Dismantled to Date

    Treated water started to be released into the ocean from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings In...

    September 2, 2025

    #Fukushima
  • Blue Impulse Aerial Team Amazes Over 40,000 Spectators at Home Base Air Show in Miyagi Pref.

    HIGASHI-MATSUSHIMA, Miyagi — The Blue Impulse aerobatic demonstration team thrilled over 40,000 p...

    September 2, 2025

    #Miyagi
  • Japan Logs Hottest Summer Ever; Record 2.36 C Higher Than Average Between June, August  

    The average temperature from June to August this year was 2.36 C higher than usual, marking the l...

    September 1, 2025

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