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Kyoto Univ. plans groundbreaking iPS cell trial
A Kyoto University team is planning a groundbreaking clinical trial using iPS cells.
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Cosplay comes to the museum
A museum in western Japan launches a cosplay event where people can pose like characters in their favorite paintings.
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Japan sees first snow
An unseasonable cold snap brings the nation's first snow of the season to the northernmost main island Hokkaido.
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Lantern dancers illuminate summer night
One thousand lantern-topped women in kimono mesmerize spectators with elegant dancing in Kumamoto Prefecture.
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A taste of waterfall training
A Shinto priest in western Tokyo offers waterfall training, a form of traditional ascetic training for monks and priests...
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Kuchinoerabu alert could stay at 4 for 2 weeks
The eruption alert for Kuchinoerabu Island in southwest Japan could stay at 4 out of 5 for 2 weeks.
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Skylark phasing out plastic straws
Major restaurant operator Skylark will ban plastic straws by 2020 at 3200 outlets in Japan and Taiwan.
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Families send off souls on spirit boats
Families in Nagasaki Prefecture send off the spirits of their beloved ones.
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Traditional Shinto fire festival resumed in Fukushima
A traditional fire festival in Fukushima resumes for the first time since the 2011 disaster.
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