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Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine set for 1st major renovation in 124 years
FUKUOKA — Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, announced Tuesday that its honden ...
November 23, 2022
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Bathing with fruits
Capybaras enjoy soaking in an open-air bath with locally harvested ‘oni-yuzu’ citrus fruits floating...
November 23, 2022
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Government submits questions to Unification Church over allegations
The government submitted questions Tuesday to the Unification Church at the start of its investigati...
November 22, 2022
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Unification Church allegedly facilitated up to 745 adoptions in Japan
The Unification Church has allegedly facilitated as many as 745 adoptions for its members over the l...
November 22, 2022
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BOJ shows test of readers for new bank notes
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Bank of Japan on Monday unveiled to the media a test of readers for the new...
November 22, 2022
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Japanese government to question Unification Church
The government will soon begin investigating the Unification Church — officially called the Family F...
November 22, 2022
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Riders enjoy pro wrestling spectacle on special train in Chiba Prefecture
CHIBA — About 50 passengers on a special JR Kururi Line train running in the southern part of Chiba ...
November 22, 2022
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Century-old row house attached to bathhouse transformed into community space
A row house in Tokyo attached to nearly a century-old public bathhouse, which gained fame as the loc...
November 22, 2022
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Ukrainian youths visiting Hiroshima wish for peace back home
HIROSHIMA — Seven Ukrainian children, who have been displaced to Aichi and Gifu prefectures due to R...
November 21, 2022
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Teacher admonished over punishment at special needs school in Japan
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoOsaka prefectural government office The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST,&en...
November 21, 2022
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University of Tokyo ‘to employ 300 women faculty members’
The University of Tokyo plans to newly employ about 300 women professors and associate professors, a...
November 21, 2022
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Woman killed after car driven by 97-year-old runs onto sidewalk
A woman was killed after being hit by a minivehicle driven by a 97-year-old man in Fukushima on Satu...
November 20, 2022
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Olympic bribery probe uncovers accusations of bid-rigging
Some companies whose officials were arrested in the bribery scandal involving the Tokyo Olympics an...
November 20, 2022
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Italian man commits suicide in Tokyo immigration facility
An Italian man in his 50s committed suicide in the Tokyo immigration facility where he was being det...
November 20, 2022
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Rediscovering mystique of Atami through art
ATAMI, Shizuoka — Known since the Edo period (1603-1867) as a health resort of onsen hot springs, th...
November 20, 2022
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