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Imperial couple attends tree-planting festival
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a tree-planting event and plant saplings.
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Snack food giant to extend expiry date
Snack food giant Calbee announces it will extend best-before date of their potato chips.
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Old Japan attracts foreign tourists
Sceneries by bygone years in Japan are attracting more foreign tourists than ever.
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Melons fetch record 5 million yen
A pair of melons at the first auction of the season fetch a record 5 million yen or 45,650 dollars.
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts southwestern Japan
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes parts of southwestern Japan.
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First-harvest of green tea starts in Kyoto
Green tea leaves are picked at the first harvest of the year in Kyoto.
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Tourists flock to harvest seaweed
People get to harvest and eat fresh-harvested seaweed for free.
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Farmers cry wolf
A robotic carnivore is used to keep away deer and other agricultural pests.
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