Rice planting in quake-hit Ishikawa
The Shiroyone Senmaida terraced rice fields in Ishikawa Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan is designated as a national s...
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JR East to maintain ticket offices to deal with congestion during peak travel periods
S/ Kise Yoichi, President, East Japan Railway / We take seriously the situation in which we have caused inconvenience fo...
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Sea cormorants arrive at Hiroshima before cormorant fishing season
Three sea cormorants arrived at a farm in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 9.S/ Kakuhama Yoshiro, Cormorant f...
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Princess Kako visits Emperor Showa's mausoleum ahead of trip to Greece
Princess Kako visited Emperor Showa's mausoleum in the Tokyo suburbs on May 9.She paid her respects at the tombs of her ...
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Japan Environment Minister apologizes for "silencing" Minamata victims during meeting
Japan Environment Minister apologies for “silencing” Minamata victims during meeting. Japanese Environment Minister Ito ...
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Drone illegally captures video of Maritime SDF's destroyer
According to Japan’s Defense Ministry, it has judged the authenticity of the drone footage capturing Japan’s Maritime Se...
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Suspicious object suspends train operations in Kyoto
A suspicious object was found on a local train that arrived at JR Kyoto Station on May 5 and all local lines passing thr...
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Emperor, Empress, and Princes Aiko return from six-day retreat
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and their daughter Princess Aiko returned to the Imperial Palace after a six-day retre...
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Worlds highest observatory telescope site completed
The telescope site for the University of Tokyo's Atacama Observatory Project in Chile have been completed.The new facili...
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Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita attend Japanese composer's 100th anniversary concert
Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko attended on May 4 the 100th anniversary concert held in Tokyo, comm...
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