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Tokyo Exhibit Features Lifelike Cardboard Sculptures of Animals
An exhibition of works by sculptor Genta Honnoh, who uses cardboard to create striking statues of an...
March 8, 2023
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Orcas, Dolphins Spotted off Nagasaki by Japan Coast Guard Vessels
NAGASAKI — A pod of orcas and another of dolphins were seen by Japan Coast Guard patrol boats off T...
March 8, 2023
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Japan to Survey Groups Connected to Organ Transplants Abroad
Following the recent arrest of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization’s director on multiple charges o...
March 7, 2023
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World Heritage Site Shirakawa-go to Accept New Residents
Residents of Shirakawa-go in Shirakawa Village, Gifu Prefecture, are set to revise the community’s h...
March 7, 2023
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Painting of Jesus by Artist Okayama Found at Japanese School
NAGASAKI — A painting of Jesus by Seikyo Okayama (1895-1977), has been discovered at a school where ...
March 7, 2023
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Egyptian Mom Finishes Tokyo Marathon to Complete 6-Race Set of World Majors
Amany Khalil hardly stood out among the 11,000 non-Japanese runners who took part in Sunday’s Tokyo...
March 6, 2023
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UNESCO-listed Festival Divided Over Letting Girls Ride Floats
TAKAOKA, Toyama — Opinion is divided over whether to allow girls to ride on floats during the Takaok...
March 6, 2023
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Wealthy Residents Mean Tax Bonanza for Japan Island Town
SUO-OSHIMA, Yamaguchi — Known as “the Hawaii of the Seto Inland Sea” for its abundant nature, the is...
March 5, 2023
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Ex-Jewish Evacuee Revisits Kobe after Some 80 Years
KOBE (Jiji Press) — A 95-year-old Jewish man late last month revisited Kobe, where he temporarily st...
March 5, 2023
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Panda Twins at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo to Learn to Live Separately
The twin giant pandas born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June 2021 will start learning to live separately f...
March 4, 2023
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Female Polar Bear Dies in Fight at Hokkaido Zoo
KUSHIRO, Hokkaido — Milk, a 10-year-old female polar bear, died in a fight with a male polar bear, t...
March 3, 2023
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Japan Celeb Jun Matsumoto to Participate in Popular Festival in May
HAMAMATSU — Actor-singer Jun Matsumoto will play the part of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in a cavalry pro...
March 3, 2023
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Gender Equality Lowest in Japan among OECD Countries
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — Japan has the lowest level of gender equality under the law among the 38 m...
March 3, 2023
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Japan Top Court Finalizes Ruling to Keep Isahaya Bay Gates Closed
TOKYO (Jiji Press) —Japan’s Supreme Court has finalized a high court ruling that floodgates built a...
March 3, 2023
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Nagasaki Museum Revives Japan’s 1st Beer, Produced 400 Years ago
What is believed to be the nation’s first domestically brewed beer, a product made at a Dutch tradin...
March 3, 2023
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