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Hakata Dontaku Festival
Visitors flock to possibly the most-popular event during Golden Week.
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Japan's Prime Minister eyes constitutional revision
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he hopes to revise the constitution in 2020.
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Mt. Sakurajima erupts
Mt. Sakurajima erupted early Tuesday, sending a plume of ash 4000 meters high.
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Fuji flower festival draws tourists
Tourists flock to a moss phlox flower festival at the base of Mt. Fuji in central Japan.
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Elderly woman crashes car into hospital
A woman in her 70s crashes a car into a hospital in Oita, southwest Japan.
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Abe, Trump hold confidential talks
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks confidentially by phone with US President Donald Trump amid tensions over North...
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Postcard-perfect cherry blossoms at Hirosaki Castle
The cherry blossom festival is underway at Hirosaki Castle in northern Japan, offering perfect scenes of flowers carpet...
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Schools demand students prove real hair color
More than half of 173 Tokyo public high schools are demanding students prove their real hair color.
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Powerful thunderheads bring hail, lightning to Tokyo
Folks in Japan's capital got a surprise Monday as weather turned from summery to lightning and even hail.
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Luxury sleeper train launches
The Train Suite Shikishima debuts promising incredible luxury with tickets priced up to 950,000 yen.
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