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Buddhist temple's 6m rope decoration
Craftsmen at Naritasan Shinshoji Buddhist temple make a giant rope, part of New Year preparations.
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Santa comes to Japan
Finland's Santa Claus Foundation sends a Santa to Japan to spread Christmas cheer.
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Typhoon and rain damages top $3.9 bil.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry says natural disasters have caused more than $3.9 bil. in damage...
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2020 Games main stadium completed
Construction of the main stadium for next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics is completed.
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Matsuya's new lucky bags
Matsuya Ginza department store plans to offer games and other promotions with its New Year lucky bags to draw online sho...
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Princess Aiko turns 18
Japan's Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, celebrates her 18th birthday.
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Japan mulls sending SDF vehicles to Middle East
Japan's government could send 2 SDF vehicles to the Middle East to collect information amid concern over pushing the lim...
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Fukushima Daiichi melted fuel removal to begin in 2021
Japan's government and TEPCO set a date to begin removing melted nuclear fuel from reactor unit 2 at the Fukushima Daiic...
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Japan to reinforce penalties for texting while driving
Japan will make penalties for texting while driving stricter from December 1.
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