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  • Children’s Dreams to Be on Display at Osaka Expo Photo Exhibition; Two of the Children Featured Survived Noto Earthquake

    French photographer Vincent Tremeau will hold an exhibition called “One Day, I Will” at the Unite...

    July 2, 2025

    #2025 Expo Osaka
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    Four giant pandas born and raised at the Adventure World theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefec...

    July 1, 2025

    #Panda
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    Originator Profile (OP), a digital technology aimed at preventing dis- and misinformation on the ...

    July 1, 2025

  • Sleeper Express Stops in Shiga Pref. for 3 Hours after Smoke Seen Rising from Car; No Injuries Reported but 3 Other Trains Canceled

    Smoke was seen rising from inside a car of Japan Rail’s Sunrise Seto/Izumo sleeper express train ...

    July 1, 2025

  • Luxury Express Sleeper Train Cassiopeia Makes Its Final Run Before Being Retired As Fans Bid Farewell

    The luxury sleeper train Cassiopeia, which had been running as a special tour train after its reg...

    July 1, 2025

  • M4.3 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture Islands on Tuesday Morning

    An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.3 hit Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, at a...

    July 1, 2025

    #Earthquake #Kagoshima
  • Efforts to Examine War Trauma of Former Japanese Soldiers Grow; Medical Records Provide Vital Insight

    A move has been growing to examine the psychological distress and emotional suffering experienced...

    July 1, 2025

  • M5.1 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture Islands

    An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.1 hit Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, at 6...

    June 30, 2025

    #Earthquake #Kagoshima
  • Bear Attacks Man in Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture; Victim Was Taking Refuge After Reports of Bear Sighting

    NASUSHIOBARA, Tochigi — A man was bitten on the head by a bear on Monday morning in Nasushiobara,...

    June 30, 2025

    #Tochigi #Bear Attacks
  • Hole in Road Found in Kawaguchi, Saitama Pref.; Cause of Hole’s Formation Unclear

    KAWAGUCHI, Saitama — A passerby made an emergency phone call to police to inform them that that t...

    June 30, 2025

    #Saitama
  • M4.5 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Kagoshima Pref. Islands; No Tsunami Warning Issued

    An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.5 hit Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at 12...

    June 30, 2025

    #Earthquake #Kagoshima
  • M5.1 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture Islands

    An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.1 hit Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, at 4...

    June 29, 2025

    #Earthquake #Kagoshima
  • Water Park at Yomiuriland Opens for Season; Visitors Can Enjoy 5 Types of Pools

    An outdoor swimming pool facility opened Saturday for summer at the Yomiuriland amusement park, w...

    June 29, 2025

    #Tokyo #Travel
  • Elementary School Students in Noto Region Show Decline in Physical Endurance; Decline May Come from Changes in Living Environment

    Elementary school students in areas affected by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake are declining ...

    June 29, 2025

    #Earthquake #Ishikawa
  • Central Tokyo Logs Record 12 Days with Temperatures over 30 C in June

    Temperatures in central Tokyo rose to 30.1 C by 9 a.m. on Sunday, fourth straight days that the h...

    June 29, 2025

    #Tokyo
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