NEC shows flying car

NEC shows flying car

Electronics maker NEC shows off an experimental flying car.

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Giant Princess Kaguya float

Giant Princess Kaguya float

A 23-meter-tall Princes Kaguya float debuts at the Goshogawara Tachinebuta Festival in Aomori Prefecture.

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M6.4 quake rattles Fukushima

M6.4 quake rattles Fukushima

Officials say the M6.4 earthquake that shook northeastern Japan Sunday evening is likely an aftershock of the 2011 Great...

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Dismantling begins on Fukushima Daiichi chimney

Dismantling begins on Fukushima Daiichi chimney

TEPCO is just a few years into its 40-year plan to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. This week, work beg...

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Blind drummer boy, pt.  2

Blind drummer boy, pt. 2

Blind 12-year-old drum wonder Hibiki Sakai is growing more independent, and has a special message for his mama on Mother...

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Turning disaster into direction

Turning disaster into direction

A man who survived the M7.3 Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 now lives in Iwate Prefecture, an area devastated by the 20...

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Tasty bits of Osaka

Tasty bits of Osaka

Osaka has a plethora of new souvenir foods it hopes will keep people coming back.

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Thermos flies to space

Thermos flies to space

JAXA taps home goods company Tiger to make a canister that can bring delicate materials from the International Space Sta...

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Revisiting Japan themed ballet

Revisiting Japan themed ballet

Fabrice Bourgeois choreographs the redux of a Japan-themed ballet in Kyoto more than 100 years after its debut.

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Perfect sunset on Engetsu Island

Perfect sunset on Engetsu Island

One man spend months waiting to photograph the perfect sunset on Engetsu Island off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture.

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