Kyoto's geisha prepare for New Year

Kyoto's geisha prepare for New Year

Geisha in Kyoto's Gion district begin their traditional New Year's rituals.

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Year-end cleaning at temple near Narita airport

Year-end cleaning at temple near Narita airport

Buddhist monks clean up Naritasan Shinshoji Temple for the annual year-end cleaning.

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3 nabbed for smuggling 600 kg of stimulants

3 nabbed for smuggling 600 kg of stimulants

Police arrest 3 men in southwestern Japan for trying to smuggle 600 kilograms of stimulant drugs by boat.

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Stepping up accessibility for Parlympics

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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9-year-old math whiz passes top level exam

9-year-old math whiz passes top level exam

A 9-year-old boy in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture becomes the youngest person in Japan to pass a graduate school-level m...

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Post-WWII Soviet concentration camps

Post-WWII Soviet concentration camps

Tamotsu Hosokawa tells his story of surviving harrowing conditions in Soviet detention camps for more than two years fol...

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Takeda Castle floating in the sky

Takeda Castle floating in the sky

The ruins of Takeda Castle in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, appear to float in the sky due to a natural phenomenon.

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17-year-old accused of buying and selling uranium

17-year-old accused of buying and selling uranium

Tokyo police investigate a 17-year-old high school student for buying and selling uranium online and refer the case to p...

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Touchless train travel in the works

Touchless train travel in the works

JR East is developing a system that enables passengers to pass through ticket gates without the hassle of taking out or ...

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Japanese chemist Yoshino gives Nobel lecture

Japanese chemist Yoshino gives Nobel lecture

Japanese Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino gives a lecture on lithium-ion batteries in Stockholm.

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