Delivering sacred stones to mountaintop shrine
Shinto priests are on a mission to deliver holy stones to a shrine on the summit of Mt. Tsurugi in central Japan.
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New travel styles are emerging in Japan amid the novel coronavirus.
read moreTokyo Olympics security preparations
Organizers of the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics talk about security preparations and how the Olympic flame is...
read moreBuried army headquarter reveals Battle of Okinawa
For the first time ever, TV camera crews go into a former army headquarter that lies beneath Shuri Castle in Okinawa.
read moreOldest storyteller of Nagasaki atomic bombing goes global
At the age of 93, storyteller Tsuiki Shohei continues to talk about his experiences of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasa...
read moreHospital struggling to prepare for second wave of infections
Tokyo raised the coronavirus alert to the highest level on July 15th. As the number of confirmed cases rise in the capit...
read more"Nest spending" boosts Japan consumption
Japan's household spending has continued to fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. But "nest spending" is a silver lining f...
read morePregnant healthcare workers battle coronavirus
A pregnant doctor calls for the nation to step up efforts to protect pregnant healthcare workers combating the novel cor...
read moreFukushima has 1 million+ tons of radioactive water
9 years after an earthquake and tsunami caused nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, TEPCO has 1 mil...
read moreGreat East Japan Earthquake, nine years on
A couple in Miyagi Prefecture is reunited with their deceased daughter nine years after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
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