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2025 Expo Osaka: 80% of Visitors Want to Go 2nd Time, Says Survey; Foreign Tourists Make Up 13% of Visitors
About 80% of those who have visited the Osaka-Kansai Expo want to visit the event again, accordin...
May 13, 2025
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Spring Roses in Full Bloom at Kyu-Furukawa Gardens; Hundreds of Plants Available for Viewing Near 100-Year-Old Mansion
Visitors enjoy fragrant spring roses in full bloom, backgrounded by a more than 100-year-old west...
May 13, 2025
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Hyogo Gov. Saito Takes Power Harassment Prevention Training Program; Learns about Anger Management, Whistleblower Act
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito, along with about 120 prefectural government officials, participated in...
May 13, 2025
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80 Years After The War / Junior High School Badge Found in Natural Cave in Okinawa; Finder Hopes DNA Analysis Can Determine Family for Return
ITOMAN, Okinawa — Along with the remains of people who died in World War II, a badge from a junio...
May 13, 2025
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2025 Expo Osaka: Visitor Surge Expected in Latter Half as Increased Ticket Sales Not Leading to More Attendance Yet
With a month having passed since the opening of the Osaka-Kansai Expo on April 13, ticket sales, ...
May 12, 2025
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Newborn Kandachime Horses Thriving in Aomori Pref.; Birthing Season to Continue Until June
HIGASHIDORI, Aomori — Kandachime horses, designated as protected animals by Aomori Prefecture, ha...
May 12, 2025
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Suspicious Plastic Bottle Containing Black Liquid Found on Tokaido Shinkansen Train; Police Working to Identify Contents
Services of a Kodama train were disrupted on Sunday after a suspicious object was found onboard.<...
May 11, 2025
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2025 Expo Osaka: Guinness World Record Set for Largest Marching Band; Over 12,000 Marchers Join
A marching brass band consisting of 12,269 members was recognized by the Guinness World Records a...
May 11, 2025
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Odakyu Resumed Train Services of Odawara Line (UPDATE 1)
Odakyu Electric Railway resumed train services between Shinyurigaoka and Machida stations on the ...
May 11, 2025
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Nagasaki to Invite All Countries, Regions to 80th Anniversary Peace Ceremony
NAGASAKI — The city of Nagasaki has announced it will invite representatives from all 157 countri...
May 9, 2025
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AI Turns Obscure Handwriting from Japan’s Wartime Documents into Readable Text
The National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) has decided to convert its vast collection of J...
May 9, 2025
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Japan’s Washi Paper Used to Mend Historical Documents at U.S. National Archives, Overseas Museums
WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Archives in Washington is making good use of traditional Japanese ...
May 8, 2025
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5,000 Roses Bloom at Saitama Pref. Park in Ina; Festival Serves Alcohol using Locally-Grown Produce
INA, Saitama — A festival at a park with one of the largest collection of roses in Saitama Prefec...
May 8, 2025
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Whooping Cough Cases So Far This Year Exceed 10,000; Three Times Total Amount for 2024
The total number of whooping cough patients this year has exceeded 10,000, the Japan Institute fo...
May 8, 2025
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Saplings From Tree Exposed to Atomic Bombing Planted at U.N. Headquarters; Ceremony to Mark 80 Years Since Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings
NEW YORK — Two persimmon saplings, which were grown from the seeds of a tree that was exposed to ...
May 8, 2025
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