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  • 333 Koinobori Carp Streamers Swim in Tokyo Sky; Tokyo Tower Decorated Ahead of Children’s Day

    With the May 5 Children’s Day festival approaching, 333 Koinobori carp streamers are hanging in f...

    April 9, 2025

  • Cherry Trees in Full Bloom in Japan’s Fukushima; Mt. Shinobu Covered in Beautiful Cherry Blossoms

    Someiyoshino cherry trees were in full bloom in Fukushima, the Fukushima Meteorological Office an...

    April 9, 2025

    #Fukushima #Flower #Cherry Blossom
  • Battleship Yamato Crewman’s Question Still Haunts Son; Father Spoke of Death Just before Fatal Okinawa Voyage in 1945

    “Don’t you want me to die in battle?”

    Hiroshima City resident Reiji Fujimoto, 93, recalle...

    April 9, 2025

  • JAL Plane Makes Emergency Stop at Haneda Airport; Plane Starts Takeoff Run 30 Meters from Runway Centerline, Hits Aviation Light on Runway

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    April 9, 2025

  • Tulips in Full Bloom Delight Visitors to Yokohama Park

    YOKOHAMA — The tulips are now in full bloom in Yokohama Park in Yokohama, delighting the visitors...

    April 9, 2025

    #Kanagawa #Flower #Tulip
  • Cherry Blossoms Bloom in Japan’s Yamagata Park; Trees Will Be in Full Blossom Until Around April 17

    YAMAGATA — The cherry blossoms have begun to bloom in Kajo Park in Yamagata, the municipal govern...

    April 9, 2025

    #Yamagata #Flower #Cherry Blossom
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    An Air Self-Defense Force C-130 transport plane left Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture to deliv...

    April 9, 2025

  • Someiyoshino Cherry blossoms in Full Bloom in Japan’s Mito

    MITO, Ibaraki Pref. — The city’s Someiyoshino cherry blossoms reached their peak bloom on Tuesday...

    April 9, 2025

    #Cherry Blossom #Ibaraki #Flower
  • Visitors Mesmerized by Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo Spring

    TOKYO — Tokyo was wrapped in spring warmth on Tuesday, when visitors to one of the city’s famous ...

    April 8, 2025

    #Flower #Cherry Blossom #Tokyo
  • Cherry Blossoms Begin Blooming in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture

    NIIGATA — The blooming of cherry blossoms in Takada Castle Site Park in Joetsu and Niigata City, ...

    April 8, 2025

    #Niigata #Flower #Cherry Blossom
  • Dangerously High Level of Methane Detected at Osaka-Kansai Expo; Organizer to Increase Number of Times Gas Measurements Taken

    The organizer for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo said Monday that a high concentration of methane was...

    April 8, 2025

  • Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Japan’s Okayama Prefecture; ‘View of Cherry Blossoms Seen Layered on Stone Walls Is Wonderful’ at Kakuzan Park in Tsuyama

    TSUYAMA, Okayama — Cherry trees are in full bloom in Tsuyama City's Kakuzan Park (the ruins of Ts...

    April 8, 2025

    #Okayama #Flower #Cherry Blossom
  • Osaka-Kansai Expo Test Run Ends; Concerns Including Heat Stroke, Phone Charging Brought to Light

    About 50,000 people visited the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo on Sunday, the final day of a three-day “t...

    April 8, 2025

  • World War II Battleship Yamato Was Outdated From the Start; Unable to Compete With Newly Developed Warplanes

    The Battleship Yamato was a symbol of the Imperial Japanese Navy — the largest warship of its kin...

    April 8, 2025

  • Cherry Blossoms Start Blooming in Iwate’s Ofunato; ‘Cherry Blossoms Front’ Now in Japan’s Tohoku Region

    OFUNATO, Iwate – The city government of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture announced Saturday cherry blo...

    April 7, 2025

    #Iwate #Flower #Cherry Blossom
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