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Tokyo logs 8,341 new cases
Tokyo logged 8,341 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Wednesday, up 4,538 from the same day la...
July 6, 2022
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Cities and businesses support Ukraine however they can
Local governments and merchants are providing their own assistance to Ukraine, which has been invad...
July 5, 2022
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Preparing for victory celebrations
With the national election less than a week away, workers inside a greenhouse in Saitama prepare fes...
July 5, 2022
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Gion festival float to debut new flamboyant look
The Niwatori Hoko — one of the dozens of decorative Yamahoko floats that are paraded in the Kyoto Gi...
July 5, 2022
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Japanese WWII sword connects Japan, U.S. 7 decades later
MIYAZAKI — A Japanese sword belonging to a soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army was handed over to ...
July 5, 2022
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Colorful lilies bloom in Uonuma park in Niigata Pref.
UONUMA, Niigata — Lilies have been in full bloom at Tsukioka Park in Uonuma City, which boasts the l...
July 4, 2022
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Victims of torrential rains in Japan’s Kyushu region remembered, 2 years after tragedy
KUMAMOTO — Monday marked the second anniversary of the torrential rains in the Kyushu region that k...
July 4, 2022
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Deer delights: Music attracts deer to Nara Park, delighting tourists
NARA — An official of the Nara Deer Preservation Foundation plays a melody from Beethoven’s Symphony...
July 4, 2022
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Astronaut Noguchi named honorary director of Cupnoodles Museums
Nissin Foods Holdings Co. has announced that astronaut Soichi Noguchi had assumed the post of honora...
July 4, 2022
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Exhibition of Ukraine artists held at university dormitory
An exhibition of five contemporary Ukrainian artists has opened at the atelier of the Tokyo Univers...
July 4, 2022
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Mudslide victims’ families to file lawsuit against Atami, Shizuoka Pref.
SHIZUOKA — Families bereaved by the July 3, 2021 mudslide disaster in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, pl...
July 3, 2022
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Victims mourned 1 year after Atami mudslide
ATAMI, Shizuoka (Jiji Press) — A ceremony was held Sunday to pay tribute to the 27 victims of a majo...
July 3, 2022
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Tokyo Tower maps out summer scenes
Fireworks and other traditional summer motifs can be seen in a projection mapping event currently un...
July 3, 2022
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Rooftop reveling
Mugs of beer are raised in a beer garden on the rooftop of the Suntory Holdings Ltd. head office bui...
July 3, 2022
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Yamagata Shinkansen bullet train marks 30th anniversary
A ceremony to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen bullet train ...
July 2, 2022
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