Japan In Focus
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Tokyo: Travel through history without leaving station
The Marunouchi side of Tokyo Station houses an art gallery in the North Dome of its magnificent red ...
April 5, 2022
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Hokkaido: Fluffy ‘snow fairies’ flying into hearts and bellies across Japan
SAPPORO — They are small, cute and very fluffy, and now white birds affectionately known as “snow fa...
April 5, 2022
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Fukuoka: New high-speed ship to link Hakata, Kitakyushu ports
FUKUOKA — JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc. has announced that it will newly open in April a route between Ha...
April 2, 2022
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Kyoto: More water stations set up to reduce plastic waste
KAMEOKA, Kyoto — A municipality in Kyoto Prefecture is working to reduce plastic waste — particularl...
April 2, 2022
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Tokushima: Pedaling toward healthy life with bus for cyclists
TOKUSHIMA — To encourage residents to live healthier lifestyles, the Tokushima prefectural governmen...
April 2, 2022
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Chiba: Broken clock symbolizes city’s resilience after 3/11
ASAHI, Chiba — The hands of the clock are stopped at 5:26, when the biggest tsunami wave resulting f...
March 29, 2022
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Niigata city tests remote customer service
NIIGATA — The avatar of a civil servant on a screen greets and assists visitors at the Niigata City ...
March 29, 2022
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Fans flock to Nagano museum to honor late painter Taizi Harada
SUWA, Nagano — Mourners prayed for the soul of late painter Taizi Harada in front of an altar and se...
March 29, 2022
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Snow-capped ‘Aomori dog’ sculpture streamed to global audience
AOMORI — A famous sculpture of a dog by contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara is being live-streamed on...
March 27, 2022
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Akita: Seasoning to sprinkle over pet food helps keep fluffy friends healthy
DAISEN, Akita — A food company in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, has developed furikake — a Japanese seas...
March 24, 2022
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Kitakyushu university students make tomato sake, eye market
KITAKYUSHU — A group of university students has succeeded in brewing sake using locally harvested to...
March 22, 2022
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‘Tipsy mackerel’ to go on sale in Yamaguchi Prefecture
YAMAGUCHI — Sales of mackerel grown with food mixed with sake kasu, or pressed sake lees, will go in...
March 22, 2022
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Osaka: Sewage plant boasts manhole cover collection
HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka — An unusual facility with a front entrance that resembles a sewer pipe has rec...
March 19, 2022
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Kagawa: Gasoline-powered railway car to be re-created as full-scale model
TAKAMATSU — A project is underway to re-created as a full-scale model a small gasoline-powered car t...
March 19, 2022
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Nagano: Absence of frozen lake surface cracks reported to deities
SUWA, Nagano — About 30 people took part in a traditional ceremony held last month to report to the ...
March 15, 2022
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