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Memorial Service for Untended Souls Held at Kyoto Temple; Around 8,000 Stone Buddhas Illuminated with Candles
KYOTO — About 8,000 stone Buddha statues and small pagodas were illuminated by candlelight during...
August 25, 2024
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TEPCO Plans to Begin Decommissioning Treated Water Tanks at Fukushima N-Plant as Water Release Proceeds Smoothly
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. plans to begin decommissioning storage tanks of treat...
August 25, 2024
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Hokuriku Shinkansen Operations Temporarily Suspended Between Nagano, Toyama Stations due to Heavy Rain (UPDATE1)
The Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train services has been suspended on the inbound and outbount line...
August 25, 2024
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Strong Typhoon Shanshan Predicted to Approach Western, Eastern Japan Earliest on Wednesday
The Japan Meteorological Agency said Sunday morning the strong Typhoon Shanshan was heading north...
August 25, 2024
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Traditional Hanheld Fan Boshu Uchiwa: Production in Full Swing After Great Kanto Earthquake
MINAMI-BOSO, Chiba — The Boshu Uchiwa handheld fan is one of Japan’s three most famous uchiwa fan...
August 25, 2024
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Shizuoka Pref. City Offers Foreigners Free Japanese Language Classes; Aims to Raise Non-Natives to Daily Conversation Level
Hamamatsu, a city with about 30,000 foreign residents in Shizuoka Prefecture, has launched an ini...
August 25, 2024
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Typhoon Shanshan becomes ‘strong,’ predicted to reach Japan’s Kyushu, Shikoku regions on Tuesday
The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that Typhoon Shanshan became a “strong” one on Saturday ...
August 24, 2024
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Typhoon Shanshan Could Affect Shinkansen Operations Tuesday, Wednesday, JR East says; Trains Could be Delayed, Canceled as Typhoon Approaches Japan
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced Saturday its Shinkansen train operations could be sign...
August 24, 2024
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JR Tokaido Line Resumes Services (Update 1)
The JR Tokaido Line resumed its services at around 12:13 p.m. on Saturday after suspending them f...
August 24, 2024
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JR Tokaido Line Suspends Services Due to Accident
The JR Tokaido Line suspended its services following an accident involving a person at JR Ofuna s...
August 24, 2024
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With Typhoon Shanshan Approaching, Services Could Be Disrupted for Tokaido, Sanyo Shinkansen
Central Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co. announced Friday that Shinkansen services mi...
August 23, 2024
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Nagasaki’s A-Bombed Urakami Cathedral Bell to be Restored; Grandson of a Manhattan Project Doctor and U.S. Catholics to Make Donations
NAGASAKI — Urakami Cathedral’s twin bell towers in Nagasaki will receive a new bell to replace th...
August 23, 2024
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Tail of Iconic Dragon at Osaka Ramen Restaurant Cut Off After Court Ruling; Teardrop Placed in Eye Instead
OSAKA ― The operator of a popular ramen restaurant in Osaka’s Minami area cut the tail off a drag...
August 23, 2024
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Japan Woman Becomes Guinness World Records’ Oldest Person at 116; Announcement Follows Death of 117-year-old Spanish Woman
PARIS — Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old woman in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, has become the world’s o...
August 23, 2024
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant’s Debris Extraction Halted;Error Found In Preparation to Remove Melted Fuel
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. suspended work on a trial extraction of melted fuel d...
August 22, 2024
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