Worlds oldest fossil of dome-headed dinosaur discovered in Mongolia

Worlds oldest fossil of dome-headed dinosaur discovered in Mongolia

The world’s oldest fossil of pachycephalosaur, commonly known as a dome-headed dinosaur, was discovered in Mongolia’s Go...

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More Russians expected to travel to Japan for autumn foliage

More Russians expected to travel to Japan for autumn foliage

Hirayama Koichi, NNN Moscow bureau / We are in front of the Japanese Embassy in Moscow. It’s still about an hour before ...

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70kg debris falls from wall at Asakusa Station

70kg debris falls from wall at Asakusa Station

70-kilogram-worth of debris fell from a building in Asakusa on September 17, due to what is believed to be deterioration...

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Foreign visitors to Japan hit record 3.4 million for August

Foreign visitors to Japan hit record 3.4 million for August

The Japan National Tourism Organization said the number of foreign visitors to the country in August totaled 3,428,000.T...

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Series of quakes rattles Tokara islands in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan

Series of quakes rattles Tokara islands in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan

A series of earthquakes has rattled the Tokara islands of Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan from the night of S...

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Seibu Prince Hotels set to acquire US-based Ace Hotels

Seibu Prince Hotels set to acquire US-based Ace Hotels

Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide announced on September 16 that it will acquire all shares of US-based Ace Group Internatio...

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Osaka's Kishiwada Danjiri Festival kicks off

Osaka's Kishiwada Danjiri Festival kicks off

Osaka’s Kishiwada Danjiri Festival kicks off on September 13. The highlight of the centuries-old festival, the yarimawas...

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Reconstruction minister inspects reuse of Fukushima's decontaminated soil in Tokyo

Reconstruction minister inspects reuse of Fukushima's decontaminated soil in Tokyo

Minister for Reconstruction Ito Tadahiko inspected a flower bed at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo where decontaminat...

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Japans mobile payment app PayPay to begin overseas usage

Japans mobile payment app PayPay to begin overseas usage

Japan’s mobile payment app PayPay announced plans to begin overseas usage for verified users in a press conference held ...

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Over 270 cars damaged in flooded underground parking lot in Yokkaichi, central Japan

Over 270 cars damaged in flooded underground parking lot in Yokkaichi, central Japan

An underground parking lot in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, got flooded on September 12 as record-setting torrential rain p...

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