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Tsunami-Hit Railway In Tohoku Resumes Full Operations After 8 Years
On March 23, the Rias Line in Iwate Prefecture resumed normal operations for the first time since 2011. […]
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Japan’s Sweet Potato Festival Is Proof Otaku Culture Knows No Bounds
YakiJapan is known for its festivals — from the snow and ice sculptures in Hokkaido to colorful Nebuta floats [&hellip
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Yahoo! Japan’s Banner in Shibuya Shows Height of 3/11 Tsunami But What Do Passers-by Think?
On March 11, 2011, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake shook Japan off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, triggering a massive [&hell
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Mayumi Mikoshi Expo in Tokyo Ebisu this weekend!
What is a mikoshi and what is Mayumi Mikoshi? A mikoshi (or omikoshi) is a “portable shrine parade” […]
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Donald Keene, 96, and His ‘Special Karmic Connection’ to Japan and Its People
Donald Keene, world-famous scholar and translator of Japanese literature of all eras, died of heart failure at 6:21 A.
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Sakura 2018: Where to Catch the Last Cherry Blossoms
The cherry blossom season may be coming to a sudden end. However, while the blooms appeared in most parts […]
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Tohoku in My Memory: Recollections on Operation Tomodachi
It’s seven years since the 3/11 Great Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami that killed over 18,000 people. It [&hell
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To Those Who Couldn’t See the Stars That Night in Jodogahama
Snow piling up on Jodogahama Beach at Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. Before dawn, innumerable stars sparkle in the eastern sk
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Koike’s Art of War: Working Together to Make 2020 an ‘Olympian’ Recovery Year!
On March 17, it was officially decided that some of the baseball and softball games during the 2020 […]
Reconstruction Chief Imamura Resigns; Tohoku Gaffe “absolutely inexcusable,” says PM Abe
Reconstruction Minister Masahiro Imamura submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the morning of Wednes