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Search for missing people after Japan April boat tragedy finds bones, belongings
SHARI, Hokkaido — Police found what appeared to be several human bones Thursday at the western tip o...
August 19, 2022
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Grapes of the highest grade
A woman harvests grapes on the rooftop of Akasaka Tameike Tower, 100 meters above the streets of cen...
August 18, 2022
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9-yr-old Fujita to become youngest pro Go player
Reo Fujita, a 9-year-old Japanese elementary school third-grade boy, will become the youngest profes...
August 18, 2022
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WWII survivor describes ‘hell’ of Burma campaign
At age 101, Eisaku Yamamoto continues to share his story about the devastation of war from Kusatsu, ...
August 18, 2022
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Elderly care facilities under pressure amid COVID surge
The number of infection clusters at elderly care facilities has hit all-time highs amid the seventh ...
August 17, 2022
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Elusive Shinkansen test train races past field of sunflowers
In recent years, about 140,000 large sunflowers have filled idled farmland in Ogaki, Gifu Prefectur...
August 17, 2022
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Kishi warns of fake anti-Ukraine Twitter post in his name spreading online
Former Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi announced Tuesday on his Twitter account that a post in his name...
August 17, 2022
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200 wind chimes bring refreshing charm to Edo experience in Nihombashi
An arrangement of about 200 furin wind chimes in Nihombashi, Tokyo, rings out with a refreshing timb...
August 17, 2022
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Distance-learning high school holds classes in the metaverse
TOYAMA — A distance-learning high school based in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, has started holding class...
August 16, 2022
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7-year-old pays respects to family killed in war
Kazuha Isono, 7, from Kochi Prefecture, attended a memorial ceremony for family members with his gra...
August 15, 2022
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Pandemic limits attendance at war memorial
The government’s annual memorial for those who died in World War II was held at the Nippon Budokan h...
August 15, 2022
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Water, gas gushes out from shrine grounds in Hokkaido
OSHAMANBE, Hokkaido — Water has suddenly started gushing out from the grounds of a shrine in the tow...
August 15, 2022
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Gunma police use Facebook to provide foreigners with crime prevention information
The Gunma prefectural police have set up a Facebook page for foreigners to provide them with crime p...
August 15, 2022
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Ceramic WWII grenades show sorrowful mixing of art and war
BIZEN, Okayama — As Japan was running short of iron in the waning days of World War II, the military...
August 15, 2022
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Audio recordings of post-WWII jungle-hold-out soldier tell of harsh life
Audio recordings of Shoichi Yokoi — the former Japanese soldier who held out for 27 years in the jun...
August 14, 2022
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