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  Nagasaki: Invaders’ anchor salvaged centuries after sinking

  MATSUURA, Nagasaki — A 13th-century anchor has been recovered from the seabed off the coast of north...

  October 22, 2022

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  Nagasaki: Fish-shaped bus shelters now Instagram hot spots

  SAIKAI, Nagasaki — Fish-shaped bus shelters have begun making waves as cute Instagram-worthy spots o...

  October 8, 2022

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  Newest Shinkansen bullet train launches in western Kyushu

  The 66-kilometer long Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen line opened for service on Friday. The new train, chri...

  September 23, 2022

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  Nagasaki: Replica of bombed cross connects Japan, U.S.

  NAGASAKI — Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki preserves a cross that was exposed to the atomic bombing of...

  September 17, 2022

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  Nagasaki: Film remembers U.S. POWs sacrificed for dam

  SASEBO, Nagasaki — A high school student has made a documentary about the history of a local dam, ho...

  September 3, 2022

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  Nagasaki: Tax system lets railway fan become stationmaster

  SHIMABARA, Nagasaki — A 48-year-old man from Tokyo was appointed as the stationmaster of Shimabara R...

  July 16, 2022

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  Nagasaki: Huis Ten Bosch marks 30th anniversary

  SASEBO, Nagasaki — A resort facility that has become identified with Kyushu celebrated 30 years sinc...

  April 9, 2022

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  Nagasaki students pass on A-bomb victim’s story, wish to abolish nuclear weapons

  NAGASAKI — For decades after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Nobuko Oka kept silent, traumatized by ...

  January 22, 2022

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  Nagasaki: Softshell turtles might be falling from the sky?

  ISAHAYA, Nagasaki — While driving in an urban area four years ago, a woman in her 50s ran over a sof...

  December 25, 2021

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  Museum to preserve past of pious Christians

  The Yomiuri ShimbunA calendar of hidden Christians discovered on the island By Naritomo Kai / Yomiur...

  October 31, 2021

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  Nagasaki: Pilgrimage route traces formerly hidden Christian sites in Kyushu

  NAGASAKI — A tour route has been created for visiting the churches, villages and other facilities th...

  July 10, 2021

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  Nagasaki: Invasive Squirrels Rampant on Island

  IKI, Nagasaki — A special team has been formed to capture Pallas’s squirrels on Iki Island, Nagasaki...

  January 22, 2021

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  Nagasaki: Takashima Hopes to Capitalize on Mongol Invasions

  NAGASAKI — A wooden anchor from one of the Mongol Empire’s ships — which attacked Japan in the 13th ...

  January 15, 2021

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  Nagasaki: Island’s Letterpress Printshop Finds Niche Market

  NAGASAKI — A fourth-generation, 100-year-old printshop in the quaint Goto Islands of Nagasaki Prefec...

  December 18, 2020

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