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Rabbit Island residents face threat from natural enemies
TAKEHARA, Hiroshima — A battle is brewing on so-called Rabbit Island. Crows, rats and other natural...
May 4, 2022
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Festivals galore over Golden Week, for first time in 3 years
Festivals and events over the Golden Week holidays are being staged largely without pandemic restric...
May 4, 2022
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Dancing in the streets
Costumed performers dance through the streets of Fukuoka at the Hakata Dontaku Port Festival, which ...
May 4, 2022
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Survey: 60％ in favor of constitutional revision
Sixty percent of people are in favor of constitutional amendment, according to a recent Yomiuri Shim...
May 3, 2022
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Govt to lead salvage work on sunken sightseeing boat
The government on Monday said it will lead the work to salvage the sunken Kazu I sightseeing vessel ...
May 3, 2022
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Saturation diving eyed to salvage sunken sightseeing boat
Authorities plan to salvage the Kazu I sightseeing boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula. Wires...
May 3, 2022
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Police: DNA tests failed to link bone fragments to missing girl
The results of DNA tests on bone fragments found near a campsite where a young girl went missing in ...
May 3, 2022
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Tour boat victim planned to propose onboard
A 22-year-old man who planned to propose to his girlfriend onboard was among those who perished when...
May 3, 2022
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333 carp streamers fly from 333-meter-tall Tokyo Tower
A total of 333 koinobori carp streamers hang from the 333-meter-tall Tokyo Tower in Minato Ward, Tok...
May 3, 2022
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Yomiuri Shimbun symposium in May marks 50th anniversary of return of Okinawa to Japan
The Yomiuri Shimbun will hold a symposium called “Okinawa's Past Half Century and Japan's Future” on...
May 3, 2022
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Japan’s system of senior transit passes stands at crossroads
As Japan continues to become grayer, municipal governments are looking into the cost of senior disco...
May 3, 2022
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Hiring of ship crew hampered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has negatively impacted maritime shipping companies’ ability to secu...
May 3, 2022
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Shiretoko boat operator’s office searched
In the wake of the deadly boat accident off Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard searched the office of ...
May 2, 2022
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Japan tour boat operator angers fellow companies with ‘misleading’ remarks on safety
SHARI, Hokkaido — Hokkaido tour boat operators are enraged over “misleading” remarks made by the hea...
May 2, 2022
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Rare ‘gold-green’ tea leaves ready for picking in Shizuoka Pref.
“Hachijuhachiya,” traditionally the busiest period of the year for tea pickers, fell on the day. The...
May 2, 2022
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