Japan set to record highest yearly average temperature due to global warming

Japan set to record highest yearly average temperature due to global warming

Japan's yearly average temperature could reach an all-time-high due to global warming.

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Tokyo 2020 volleyball and wheelchair basketball venue completed

Tokyo 2020 volleyball and wheelchair basketball venue completed

Press get a look at the volleyball and wheelchair basketball venue for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.*********...

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Japan, S. Korea foreign ministers meet ahead of summit

Japan, S. Korea foreign ministers meet ahead of summit

Foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea meet ahead of the bilateral summit.

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Smartphones bring Japan's fifth-graders' physical strength to record low

Smartphones bring Japan's fifth-graders' physical strength to record low

A research reveals that smartphone use may have brought Japan's fifth-graders' physical strength and athletic abilities ...

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Prime Minister Abe leaves for trilateral summit

Prime Minister Abe leaves for trilateral summit

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves Japan to attend a trilateral summit with China and South Korea.

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Former Emperor Akihito turns 86

Former Emperor Akihito turns 86

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akhito turns 86 today.

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Waste oil illuminates Tokyo

Waste oil illuminates Tokyo

Winter lights are illuminating Tokyo -- and some of them use waste oil.

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NASA chief says Japanese astronaut could be the next man to land on the moon

NASA chief says Japanese astronaut could be the next man to land on the moon

NASA administrator tells Nippon TV that a Japanese astronaut would likely be the next man to land on the moon.

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Sledding with Santa

Sledding with Santa

Local children in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture enjoy sledding with Santa.

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Flowering bamboo threatens local craft making

Flowering bamboo threatens local craft making

The Sasamorpha borealis bamboo is flowering throughout Japan for the first time in 120 years. The phenomenon is threaten...

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