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Sho-chu Time / Woman Feeling Sense of Accomplishment with Hard Work at Shochu Distillery; ‘She Works More Than the Usual New Employee’
MAKURAZAKI, Kagoshima — Inserting a stick with a scale into tanks and jars to check the quantity ...
January 18, 2025
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Sho-chu Time / Making Wooden Barrels Supports Traditional Spirit Production
SOO, Kagoshima — Shh-shh, shh-shh ... On a cold, windy day at the end of the year, this sound fil...
January 17, 2025
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Sho-chu Time / Shochu Makers Tie Up With Famous Characters to Attract Fans; Labels Feature Manga, Tokusatsu Heroes and Monsters
IBUSUKI, Kagoshima — Makers of shochu in Kagoshima Prefecture are using various measures to attra...
January 16, 2025
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Sho-Chu Time / Unique Shochu Varieties Bringing in Fans; Demonstrating Local Characteristics with Sweet Potato Selection
KAGOSHIMA — Various unique kinds of shochu, reflecting the commitment of their distilleries, have...
January 14, 2025
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Sho-Chu Time / Distillery in Japan’s Amami Islands Produces ‘Sonic-aged’ Shochu; Different Music Genres Found to Age Shochu in Different Ways
AMAMI, Kagoshima — A distillery that produces kokuto brown sugar shochu is aging its drinks throu...
January 14, 2025
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Sho-Chu Time / Raising Profile of Shochu Overseas Through Events; Use as Cocktail Base Promoted by Kagoshima Government
KAGOSHIMA — In early December, Kirishimacho Joryusho, a shochu distillery in Kirishima, Kagoshima...
January 13, 2025
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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / High Expectations for 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo to Help Boost Region, Leave Positive Legacy for Next Generation
At the foot of Mt. Bizan that overlooks the central part of Tokushima, there is a structure calle...
December 27, 2024
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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / Experience Life With AI-Powered Robots; Exhibition Will Display Machines Capable of Conversing And Doing Dangerous Jobs
“What kind of alcohol do you usually drink?” said the android. It was “Nikola,” a robot developed...
December 26, 2024
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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / Osaka Expo Venue to Showcase Japan’s Recycling Society; CO2-Absorbing Bacteria to Be Introduced
A clear liquid in a flask turned opaque after carbon dioxide was injected into it. Bacteria in th...
December 25, 2024
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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 Provides Opportunities, Challenges for Talented Young Japanese; Expo Keeps Eye on Future
OSAKA — The scenes in the venue of the Osaka Expo 1970 inspired images of the near future.
...December 24, 2024
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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / Venue to Share Solutions to Medical, Environmental Challenges Threatening Future of Humanity
This is the second installment of a series on the significance of the World Expo.
World E...
December 23, 2024
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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / Desire to Unite Divided World Through Human Interactions
On Yumeshima, an artificial island in Konohana Ward, Osaka, where the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo is s...
December 22, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Prize: Voices for Peace / Previous Peace Prize Winner Says Desire to Eliminate N-Weapons Understood Worldwide; Young People are ‘Last Generation’ to Hear from Hibakusha, Kawasaki Says
This will be the second time for me to attend a Nobel Prize ceremony. The International Campaign ...
December 10, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Prize: Voices for Peace / Young Delegation Member Urges Everyone to Promote Peace; Hayashida Hopes Attending Ceremony Will Become Reference for Young People Worldwide
My grandfather was in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city. As a Youth Communica...
December 9, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Prize: Voices for Peace / Hidankyo Consultant Faces A-Bomb Survivors’ Hardships for 50 Years; She Will Carry Thoughts of Many to Oslo Award Ceremony
Interviewed with Reiko Hara
Nihon Hidankyo consultant
Half a century has passed s...
December 8, 2024
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