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Fire Likely Started Inside Main Hall Of Shuri Castle
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THE JAPAN NEWS
NAHA — The fire that engulfed Shuri Castle on Thursday is believed to have started inside the Seiden main hall, given two shutters at the entrance to the hall were found to have been locked, the Okinawa prefectural police and others said Friday.
Prefectural police and the Naha Fi...
NAHA — The fire that engulfed Shuri Castle on Thursday is believed to have started inside the Seiden main hall, given two shutters at the entrance to the hall were found to have been locked, the Okinawa prefectural police and others said Friday.
Prefectural police and the Naha Fi...
- November 1, 2019
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ANA To Offer Japan Domestic Air Pass With Multiple Flights And Unlimited Accommodations Provided
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SORA NEWS
Skipping the Shinkansen lets you spend as many nights as you want in off-the-beaten-path Japan.
Japan has a comprehensive domestic air travel network, but a lot of people never use it. Instead, many travelers, especially those from overseas, opt to get around by train, due in no small...
Skipping the Shinkansen lets you spend as many nights as you want in off-the-beaten-path Japan.
Japan has a comprehensive domestic air travel network, but a lot of people never use it. Instead, many travelers, especially those from overseas, opt to get around by train, due in no small...
- November 1, 2019
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Body Found After Live-Streamer Falls Climbing Japan's Mount Fuji
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CNN
Tokyo (CNN)Authorities in Japan searching for a man who appeared to fall in the middle of a live-streamed ascent of Mount Fuji have found a body, they said Wednesday.
The video -- taken from the hiker's point of view -- shows what appears to be a scene near the top of Japan's iconic mountai...
Tokyo (CNN)Authorities in Japan searching for a man who appeared to fall in the middle of a live-streamed ascent of Mount Fuji have found a body, they said Wednesday.
The video -- taken from the hiker's point of view -- shows what appears to be a scene near the top of Japan's iconic mountai...
- October 31, 2019
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What Will Japan Do With All Of Its Empty ‘Ghost’ Homes?
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BBC
With more than 20% of its population aged 70 and older and the birth rate declining, Japan has a property problem: there are more homes than people to live in them.
Population decline is a major issue for many countries. It’s of particular concern for Japan, which after experiencing a major ...
With more than 20% of its population aged 70 and older and the birth rate declining, Japan has a property problem: there are more homes than people to live in them.
Population decline is a major issue for many countries. It’s of particular concern for Japan, which after experiencing a major ...
- October 31, 2019
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Fire At Shuri Castle, A World Heritage Site
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NHK
A fire is raging at Shuri Castle, a UNESCO's World Heritage site in the southern prefecture of Okinawa. It started early Thursday morning. Fire trucks have rushed to the scene.
The Naha city fire department says it received an emergency call reporting a fire at the castle at about 2:40 a.m....
A fire is raging at Shuri Castle, a UNESCO's World Heritage site in the southern prefecture of Okinawa. It started early Thursday morning. Fire trucks have rushed to the scene.
The Naha city fire department says it received an emergency call reporting a fire at the castle at about 2:40 a.m....
- October 31, 2019
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'Mario Bros.' Creator Shigeru Miyamoto To Be Given One Of Japan's Highest Honors
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CNN
(CNN)Shigeru Miyamoto is a titan in the video game industry, having created beloved franchises such as "Mario Bros." and "The Legend of Zelda."
For his work, Japanese news outlet Nikkei reports, Miyamoto is being awarded the Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government on November 3...
(CNN)Shigeru Miyamoto is a titan in the video game industry, having created beloved franchises such as "Mario Bros." and "The Legend of Zelda."
For his work, Japanese news outlet Nikkei reports, Miyamoto is being awarded the Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government on November 3...
- October 30, 2019
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Japan's Technology Leads The Way In Caring For The Elderly
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EURO NEWS
During the last sixty years across the globe, the number of people living longer over the age of sixty-five has doubled, from 5% to 9% and Japan has been one of the front runners.
The acceleration of aging is more remarkable in Japan than elsewhere: more than a quarter of the populati...
During the last sixty years across the globe, the number of people living longer over the age of sixty-five has doubled, from 5% to 9% and Japan has been one of the front runners.
The acceleration of aging is more remarkable in Japan than elsewhere: more than a quarter of the populati...
- October 30, 2019
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Mt. Fuji Climber Streaming Live Seen Falling
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NHK
Rescuers are searching for a man who's believed to have fallen while livestreaming his climb up Mount Fuji.
Police in Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, which Mount Fuji straddles, received numerous reports from viewers that the man fell down the slope around 2:30 p.m. on Monday.
The polic...
Rescuers are searching for a man who's believed to have fallen while livestreaming his climb up Mount Fuji.
Police in Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, which Mount Fuji straddles, received numerous reports from viewers that the man fell down the slope around 2:30 p.m. on Monday.
The polic...
- October 30, 2019
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Nobel Laureate Akira Yoshino Among Six Selected For Japan's Top Cultural Award
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JAPAN TIMES
Akira Yoshino, one of three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, and five other people were selected as this year’s recipients of the Order of Culture, the government said Tuesday.
Others receiving Japan’s top cultural award are kyogen actor Nomura Man, 89, political sci...
Akira Yoshino, one of three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, and five other people were selected as this year’s recipients of the Order of Culture, the government said Tuesday.
Others receiving Japan’s top cultural award are kyogen actor Nomura Man, 89, political sci...
- October 29, 2019
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Aiming At Olympic Boom, Japan Builds 'Ethnic Harmony' Tribute To Indigenous Ainu
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CNA
TOKYO: On a wooded lake shore in northern Japan, the government is building a modernist shrine that has divided the indigenous Ainu community whose vanishing culture it was designed to celebrate.
At a cost so far of US$220 million, Japan's "Symbolic Space for Ethnic Harmony" is on track to ...
TOKYO: On a wooded lake shore in northern Japan, the government is building a modernist shrine that has divided the indigenous Ainu community whose vanishing culture it was designed to celebrate.
At a cost so far of US$220 million, Japan's "Symbolic Space for Ethnic Harmony" is on track to ...
- October 29, 2019
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