Soja city in western Japan gives away used office items to residents
A clock on the wall is barely visible as it is covered with lottery number slips.The numbers are similarly stuck on tabl...
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World's largest manga fan fest Comic Market celebrates 50th year
S/ Suzuki Kiwamu, NTV Reporter / The Comic Market celebrating its 50th anniversary is underway. The venue is lively with...
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Shibuya Station image in 2030 revealed: New pedestrian walkway
S/ Hidaka Mizuki, NTV Reporter / I'm standing right above Shibuya Station on the Ginza Line. A pedestrian walkway will b...
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Pikachu and Snorlax appointed as sleep ambassadors by Japan's health ministry
Pikachu, wearing a nightcap, visited the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on June 26 along with Snorlax, a sl...
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Futuristic konbini opens in Tokyo
Japanese convenience store giant Lawson opened a futuristic outlet on June 23.The store, which the operator worked toget...
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Emperor attends academic award ceremony, hosts tea party for recipients
Emperor Naruhito attended an award ceremony at The Japan Academy in Tokyo on the morning of June 10.This year, the Japan...
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Japan's ground troops hold major live-ammunition drill near Mt. Fuji
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force held an annual live-ammunition drill near Mount Fuji on June 8, the largest such event...
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Japan welcomes new sumo yokozuna Onosato with excitement
This is Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan.S/ Here's an extra on Onosato.S/ Yay! Thank you.The newsp...
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Thousand-year-old horse festival held in Fukushima, Japan
The main event of the traditional horse festival Soma Nomaoi was held on May 25 in Fukushima Prefecture.The festival wit...
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Emperor Naruhito plants rice at Imperial Palace
Emperor Naruhito planted rice in a tradition at the Imperial Palace on May 14.He planted 20 seedlings in total, of the ...
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