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Flowering bamboo threatens local craft making
The Sasamorpha borealis bamboo is flowering throughout Japan for the first time in 120 years. The phenomenon is threaten...
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Stepping up accessibility for Parlympics
Within less than eight months to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, groups and individuals are trying to ...
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Redeveloping Shibuya
Shibuya, once a center of culture focused on young people, is being redeveloped with high-rise shopping and office build...
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From unused resource to tourist draw
Wakkanai in Hokkaido makes a beautiful road from wasted scallop shells while artists in Osaka make art on blank walls ar...
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Pope's message of peace in Nagasaki
Pope Francis visits Nagasaki and Hiroshima so share his message of peace and meets the son of Joe O'Donnell, the man who...
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Pakistani president seeks enhanced ties with Japan
Pakistani President Arif Alvi calls for enhanced relations with Japan in an exclusive interview with Nippon TV.
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Mysterious shark 'virgin' birth
Researchers get to the bottom of the mysterious birth of sharks in a tank housing only females.
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86-year-old ironman going strong
An 86-year-old Japanese man is the world's oldest to complete the toughest triathlon competition.
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Dried fish from the stratosphere
An associate professor at Tokushima University dries fish 30,000 meters up in the stratosphere as the first step into th...
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Daigo Fukuryu Maru survivor account
85-year-old Daigo Fukuryu Maru survivor Matashichi Oishi recounts his experience of being exposed to radioactive fallout...
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