Children try horseback archery
Elementary school students participated in horseback archery for Children’s Daycelebration at Tonogo-Hachimangu shrine i...
read moreEmperor and family enjoy vacation at farm north of Tokyo
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and his family arrived at the Goryo Bokujo Imperial Stock Farm in Tochigi Prefecture north of ...
read moreCambridge holds traditional Japanese storytelling workshop
Cambridge University held a traditional Japanese storytelling workshop on May 1.The workshop focused on “rakugo” and “ko...
read moreDamage at Hattasan Sonei-ji Temple
The Niomon gate at Hattasan Sonei-ji Temple in Shizukoa prefecture was reported vandalized on May 1.The temple’s entranc...
read moreRyukyu Kingdom artworks returned from U.S. unveiled to media
Eighteen artworks, including royal portraits depicting the successive kings of the Ryuku Kingdom, were unveiled to the m...
read moreBridal fashion designer Katsura Yumi dies at 94
Japanese bridal fashion designer and pioneer Katsura Yumi died at age 94 on April 26. Her company’s website informed abo...
read moreGodzilla rips through Tokyo Metropolitan building
A projection mapping of a 100-meter-tall Godzilla ripped through the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on April 27.The spect...
read morePrincess Aiko visits mausoleums of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako
Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visited the mausoleums of Emperor Hirohito and Emp...
read moreFemale patients less likely to die with female doctors-A study by Tokyo University
The female patient mortality rate is lower when treated by a female doctor rather than a male doctor according to a new ...
read moreCarp streamer event held in Tokyo ahead of children's week
Nursery school children and celebrities put carp streamers on a wall in Tokyo on April 22.The event took place ahead of ...
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