Anonymous ‘tuna fisherman’ helps orphans

An anonymous fisherman is bringing good news to orphans in Japan.A person calling himself “Tuna Fisherman" sent a total ...

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Japan's choosy car buyers are turning to smaller hybrids.

Toyota's Aqua subcompact hybrid was the nation's top-selling car for the first time in 2013.Toyota sold over 260,000 of ...

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Bare festival

A group of women in Japan walked miles in the cold today (Wednesday) in only the barest of clothing, to pray for peace a...

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American capitol, Japanese trains

The American capitol has new, Japanese-made trains running on its Metro tracks.Made by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the st...

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1,000-year-old good luck rice porridge

A shrine in Nagasaki, Japan fed people a traditional New Year lucky meal today (Tuesday).For over 1,000 years, the shrin...

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Drinking like a fish

In one town in Japan, people who face bad luck this year according to the lunar calendar have a special way of chasing a...

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Abe visits Ise shrine

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began the year with a visit to one of the country's holiest shrines today (Monday).Abe...

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First auction of the year at battered Ishinomaki fish market

Almost three years since a tsunami devastated the city of Ishinomaki, Japan, life is getting back to normal.Fishing is o...

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