Princess Kako checks out traditional Japanese crafts

Princess Kako checks out traditional Japanese crafts

Princess Kako checks out traditional Japanese crafts in an exhibition.

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Princess Kako visits Arita ware pottery studio in southwestern Japan

Princess Kako visits Arita ware pottery studio in southwestern Japan

Princess Kako visits the Arita ware studio of potter and living national treasure 14th generation Imaizumi Imaemon in Sa...

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Ohtani's baseball gloves encourage quake survivors in central Japan

Ohtani's baseball gloves encourage quake survivors in central Japan

The baseball gloves that major leaguer Ohtani Shohei is sending to elementary schools across Japan are helping to encour...

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Ruins believed to be Sakamoto Castle found in western Japan

Ruins believed to be Sakamoto Castle found in western Japan

A moat and stone walls believed to belong to the “'phantom” Sakamoto Castle built during the Sengoku period are found in...

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TEPCO says radioactive water has leaked from equipment at Fukushima Daiichi

TEPCO says radioactive water has leaked from equipment at Fukushima Daiichi

Tokyo Electric Power announces that water containing radioactive substances has leaked from equipment at the Fukushima D...

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Heavy snow in Tokyo shuts down Metropolitan Expressway routes for more than 50 hours

Heavy snow in Tokyo shuts down Metropolitan Expressway routes for more than 50 hours

Heavy snow that blanked the greater Tokyo area on February 5 closes routes on the Metropolitan Expressway for more than ...

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Snow removal process begins at Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Snow removal process begins at Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Snow removal process begins at the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.

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Killer whales trapped by sea ice off northern Japan disappear

Killer whales trapped by sea ice off northern Japan disappear

The pod of at least 10 killer whales that was trapped by sea ice off Hokkaido, northern Japan, disappears.

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Four-kilometer long rift found after Noto Peninsula Earthquake

Four-kilometer long rift found after Noto Peninsula Earthquake

After the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the ground is found to have risen by two meters over a four-kilometer stretch in Su...

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Crown Princess Kiko attends awards ceremony for writing competition

Crown Princess Kiko attends awards ceremony for writing competition

Crown Princess Kiko attends the awards ceremony for the national youth book report competition and meets with the winner...

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