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Christmas 2017 in Japan

December 26, 2017

It’s a merry Christmas celebration in Japan as lots of Santa Claus were seen everywhere in the country to celebrate the festive season About 1,000 people attended “Tokyo Santa Run” in Chiba last Saturday. The Christmas charity event was held

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Dog Chinese Zodiac sign

December 26, 2017

Yokohama- 13-year-old sea lion Chen writes the Chinese character for “dog”, which is next year’s Chinese zodiac sign, during a press preview at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama on Tuesday, December 26, 2017. The sea lion will perform twice

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Spirit of miracle pine tree to live on

December 25, 2017

Minamisoma, Fukushima Pref.- The only pine tree that miraculously survived monster tsunami in 2011 in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, is set to be cut down on Wednesday. Kazuo Goga, 77, who has been taking care of the lone pine tree in

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Majority of Japanese Feel Close to Taiwan: Poll

December 23, 2017

Tokyo- A Taiwanese survey showed Friday that more than half of Japanese respondents feel close to Taiwan and regard it as trustworthy. According to the survey, 69.0 pct of the respondents said they feel close to Taiwan, citing the historically

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Diary shows Nobel Winner Yukawa attended 1945 A-Bomb meetings

December 22, 2017

Kyoto- A newly disclosed diary of the late Japanese Nobel prize-winning physicist Hideki Yukawa has shown that he attended in 1945 meetings of an atomic bomb development project commissioned by the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Navy. This is the first time

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Repair of 1,000 noted Buddhist statues in Kyoto completed

December 22, 2017

Kyoto- Preservation and repair work for 1,001 statues of thousand-armed Kannon Bodhisattva at the Sanjusangendo Buddhist hall in Kyoto, western Japan, has been completed. The last set of statues that have undergone overhaul were installed at the hall, a popular

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The “teamLab: Dance Art Exhibition

December 22, 2017

TOKYO- This photo taken on Thursday, December 21, 2017 shows a woman visiting the “teamLab: Dance! Art Exhibition. Learn & Play! Future Park” exhibition is held by Japan’s digital art and design company Team Lab in Hangzhou in China’s eastern

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Japan Christmas

December 21, 2017

TOKYO- Window cleaners in Santa Claus (right) and reindeer (left) costumes prepare to clean windows outside a shopping mall along Tokyo’s waterfront on Thursday, December 21, 2017. Jiji Press