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Travel SpotsAshigakubo, Chichibu: Icicles Conjure Dazzling Valley Landscape
An icicle-festooned valley landscape in Saitama Prefecture's Chichibu region is taking visitors’ bre...
February 1, 2023
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TechnologyJapan’s Information-Gathering Satellite Successfully Enters Orbit
A rocket carrying the government’s Information Gathering Satellite Radar No. 7 launched at 10:50 a.m...
January 28, 2023
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General NewsAgar Blocks Sun on Fallow Fields During Off Season
Blocks of kaku kanten agar are laid out on fallow rice fields in Chino, Nagano Prefecture, as the pr...
January 24, 2023
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General NewsNew Year’s Celebration of Martial Arts at Budokan
Over a thousand people came to watch the Kagami-Biraki Festival, an annual New Year event, held at t...
January 22, 2023
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Travel SpotsHokkaido Ice Hotel Reopens for Brief Winter Run
SAPPORO — Hoshino Resorts has opened the doors of its Ice Hotel for the season in Shimukappu, Hokkai...
January 21, 2023
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General NewsJCG Patrol Vessel Runs Aground in Niigata Pref.
KASHIWAZAKI, Niigata Pref. — Niigata Coast Guard’s Echigo patrol vessel ran aground in shallow water...
January 18, 2023
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General NewsPrayers Offered on 28th Anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake
Memorial events dedicated to the 6,434 victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake took place in Kobe, O...
January 17, 2023
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Travel SpotsTokyo Shrine Prepares for Bullfinch Figurine Rite
Staff at a Tokyo shrine are busy preparing wooden figurines of Eurasian bullfinches ahead of its ann...
January 16, 2023
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Defense & SecurityInoperable Japanese Destroyer Towed to Shipyard
A commercial vessel on Sunday morning began towing the disabled Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) ...
January 15, 2023
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General NewsPenguins’ Wintry Walk Delights Visitors to Hokkaido Zoo
ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido — Marching penguins delight visitors at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido....
January 14, 2023
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General NewsSperm Whale Confirmed Dead in Osaka Bay
OSAKA — A likely young sperm whale that strayed into the Yodogawa River estuary in Osaka Bay on Mond...
January 13, 2023
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General NewsNew Year’s goldfish market held in Aichi Pref.
Some of the most beautiful and colorful fish in Japan are seen in all their glory at this year’s fi...
January 12, 2023
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Travel SpotsEarly flowering rapeseed transforms view of Japan’s Mt. Fuji
Mt. Fuji towers in the background as a visitor takes a photograph in a field of early flowering spri...
January 11, 2023
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General News5,000 run in ‘lucky men’ shrine race held for 1st time in 3 years
KOBE — A centuries-old race to select three “lucky men” took place at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinom...
January 10, 2023
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General NewsSperm whale remains in Osaka Bay, likely weak
OSAKA — A whale, estimated to be about 8 meters long, wandered into the Yodogawa river estuary in Os...
January 9, 2023
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