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  Japan In Focus

  Iwate: ‘Miraculous lone pine’ stump and root network to go on tour

  RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate — The stump and root network of the “miraculous lone pine,” a tree that surviv...

  March 1, 2022

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  Japan In Focus

  Iwate: Students use evidence to amend high school rules

  OTSUCHI, Iwate — Students at an Iwate Prefecture high school long known for its strict code of condu...

  February 22, 2022

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  Japan In Focus

  Iwate: Tiger dance festival to celebrate Year of Tiger Share

  KAMAISHI, Iwate — When the SL Ginga train arrived from Hanamaki at a platform at JR Kamaishi Station...

  January 18, 2022

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  Japan In Focus

  Iwate: Junior high school students conduct marine survey with researchers

  MORIOKA — The Iwate prefectural government’s coastal zone promotion bureau launched a program called...

  September 21, 2021

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  Japan In Focus

  Watermelon farmers enjoy ‘good harvest’

  MORIOKA — This year’s first auction of Takizawa watermelons was held on July 31 at the Morioka City ...

  August 24, 2021

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  Japan In Focus

  Iwate: Course to nurture disaster prevention specialists opens

  RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate — An annual training course created to nurture disaster prevention specialists...

  June 1, 2021

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  Japan In Focus

  Iwate: Underwater drone school opens to train future pilots

  OSHU, Iwate — An underwater drone school has opened in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, to train future pilot...

  May 11, 2021

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  General News

  Helped by Entire Community, 570 Fled to Safety after Great East Japan Earthquake

  In the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the behavior of junior high school student...

  January 19, 2021

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