General News
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It’s Sho-time for annual hina doll display
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Syukuro Manabe were among the notable’...
November 25, 2021
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LED helium lanterns carry bright wishes into a dark sky
About 100 helium-filled lanterns on strings, lit from within by LEDs and carrying written wishes suc...
November 25, 2021
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Japanese ballet legend Maki lives on in students, company
Asami Maki, the light of the Japanese ballet world, died on Oct. 20 at the age of 87. Maki apparentl...
November 25, 2021
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Monorail offers mobile vantage point on Tokyo at night
Passengers take pictures of the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo from inside a Tokyo Monorail train on Tuesda...
November 25, 2021
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A golden curtain
A man hangs up persimmons Tuesday at the Inaka Michi no Eki Yashimaya store in Marumori, Miyagi Pref...
November 24, 2021
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Salvaged WWII-era airplane returns to Tokyo
A World War II trainer aircraft, the only remaining plane of its kind, was returned to Tachikawa, To...
November 24, 2021
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New Year’s meal prep
Employees of the Ihara Suisan seafood processing company in Rumoi, Hokkaido, sort pieces of salted h...
November 24, 2021
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Setting the light
The setting sun reflects on the Ariake Sea at Miike Port in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, creating a pi...
November 23, 2021
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Officials use AI to assess possible cases of child abuse
Struggling with a shortage of experienced child welfare officers, local governments across the natio...
November 23, 2021
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Cyclamens add year-end color to homes in Japan
Greenhouse workers prepare cyclamen for delivery in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, ahead of the holiday...
November 23, 2021
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Promise of ‘paradise’ drew residents of Japan to emigrate to North Korea over 4 decades ago
While it might be hard to believe today, from 1959 to 1984, 93,000 people emigrated from Japan to No...
November 23, 2021
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Miyagi town unveils final monument preserving memories of 2011 disaster
ONAGAWA, Miyagi — A group that includes those who were junior high school students when the Great Ea...
November 22, 2021
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Mountain temples hope to lure people to try ‘tera-work’
OSAKA — Within the past two years, two mash-up words related to employment have barged their way int...
November 22, 2021
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Curtains of persimmons
Persimmons on rows of bamboo skewers dry in the sun in the Shigo district of Katsuragi in Wakayama P...
November 22, 2021
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Small truck campers show off owners’ individual tastes at mountain resort in Japan
Small truck camper enthusiasts from Hokkaido to Osaka gathered to show off their mini-DIY campers, a...
November 21, 2021
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