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  • 2025 Expo Osaka: Israel Plans to Display Ancient Stone from Jerusalem; Palestinian Side Opposes Idea, to File Objection with Japan Govt

    Israel plans to display an ancient building stone from the Old City of Jerusalem at the 2025 Osak...

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    April 12, 2025

  • 2025 Expo Osaka: Opening Ceremony Held; Imperial Couple Attend Event

    OSAKA — The opening ceremony of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo was held Saturday at its venue on the ...

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  • 2025 Expo Osaka: Organizer Bars JCP’s Newspaper Akahata from Covering Preopening Events; Akahata Lodges Complaint

    The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the organizer of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo,...

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    Ahead of the opening Sunday of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, police authorities plan to mobilize more of...

    April 12, 2025

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    The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a warning over atmospheric conditions that are set to ...

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  • Student’s Heart Starts Beating Again after Being Struck by Lightning in Nara City; 2 Others in Serious Condition

    NARA — A junior high school student’s heart started beating again on Friday after he was struck b...

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    With its muted shine, brass is often strongly associated with practical items such as architectur...

    April 10, 2025

  • 2025 Expo Osaka: Flying Car, Robots, VR Travel Await at Expo Site; Pieces of Moon and Mars Also to be Displayed

    The 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will open on Sunday on the artificial island of Yumenoshima in ...

    April 10, 2025

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  • Cherry Trees in Full Bloom in Japan’s Fukushima; Mt. Shinobu Covered in Beautiful Cherry Blossoms

    Someiyoshino cherry trees were in full bloom in Fukushima, the Fukushima Meteorological Office an...

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  • Battleship Yamato Crewman’s Question Still Haunts Son; Father Spoke of Death Just before Fatal Okinawa Voyage in 1945

    “Don’t you want me to die in battle?”

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  • JAL Plane Makes Emergency Stop at Haneda Airport; Plane Starts Takeoff Run 30 Meters from Runway Centerline, Hits Aviation Light on Runway

    A Japan Airlines plane bound for Kitakyushu made an emergency stop after beginning its takeoff at...

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