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Female artisans carve new niche with shogi piece accessories
TENDO, Yamagata — A wide range of accessories made from shogi pieces crafted by a group of female ar...
December 13, 2021
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Hyogo: Kobe’s Santa an Ohtani fan
KOBE — A figure of Santa Claus pointing to the sky while wearing a T-shirt adorned with the face of ...
December 11, 2021
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Mie: Teen pursues an old-fashioned vocation: ninja
TSU — A university student has continued to educate herself and improve her skills in martial arts f...
December 11, 2021
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Kumamoto: Village declares self birthplace of rare name
UBUYAMA, Kumamoto — One in every five inhabitants of a village in Kyushu has the family name “I.” Th...
December 11, 2021
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Akita: Creating cute sweets using city’s local fermented ingredients
YOKOTE, Akita — Momone Sasaki, 17, a second-year high school student at Yokote Seiryogakuin, was dec...
December 7, 2021
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Gunma: Student-designed satellite now in orbit to monitor radio waves from Jupiter
MAEBASHI — A microsatellite mainly developed by a team at the National Institute of Technology, Gunm...
December 7, 2021
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Regional Japan cities promoting ‘trial moves’
MATSUYAMA — With more people interested in living in regional cities amid the coronavirus pandemic, ...
December 5, 2021
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Awaji’s historic castle walls set for restoration project
SUMOTO, Hyogo — Old stone walls damaged by disasters and aging will be completely repaired at the ru...
December 4, 2021
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Generations of dancers call Ponte Square home
OSAKA — Young people danced to music they played on their smartphones in an outdoor atrium under a v...
December 4, 2021
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Sapporo’s snowplow train makes seasonal debut
SAPPORO — A snowplow train was deployed for the first time this winter to clear tramway tracks durin...
December 3, 2021
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Chiba’s deep-rooted whaling culture on display
The connection between humans and whales has existed for thousands of years, evidenced by whale bone...
November 30, 2021
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Miyagi: Kagura mask maker fights to preserve tradition
KURIHARA, Miyagi — “The role of kagura masks is to connect gods and humans,” said Takahiro Sato, a w...
November 30, 2021
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Ishikawa: Heritage summit showcases history, traditions of Japan
KOMATSU, Ishikawa — The Japan Heritage summit in Komatsu was held on Nov. 14-15 in Komatsu, Ishikawa...
November 30, 2021
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Tokushima: ‘Two-way’ vehicles to roll out in Dec.
TOKUSHIMA — Commercial operation of converted minibuses capable of traveling on both roads and railw...
November 28, 2021
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Kumamoto: Mountain town embraces cracker-fed emus
KIKUCHI, Kumamoto — A manufacturer of famous Fukuoka souvenir crackers has started raising emus in t...
November 28, 2021
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