Artisan behind big-eyed 'beckoning cat' pottery in Japan brings luck to the world
TOKONAME, Aichi -- With their large, round eyes and plump, two-heads-tall proportions, the beckoning cats made in this pottery-producing city in centr
TOKONAME, Aichi -- With their large, round eyes and plump, two-heads-tall proportions, the beckoning cats made in this pottery-producing city in centr
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's Ko Ochiai ran to victory in the men's 800-meter final Tuesday at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in a meet-record 1 minute, 44.
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NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki voiced concern Tuesday that the excessive base-hosting burden of the prefecture will continue to incr
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over 70 percent of people in Japan are positive about the introduction of cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence and
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Gunma Prefecture's mascot "Gunmachan," fifth from left in the back row, poses for a commemorative photo with other local mascots from around Japan and
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako's visit to Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, hit by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in July,
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday he has ordered the country's troops to conclude their firefighting operations
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TOKYO (Kyodo) --Tokyo stocks ended lower Tuesday for the second straight day, weighed down by inflation concerns on the back of rising crude oil price
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YAMAGUCHI -- A local brewery has developed a new craft beer made primarily from the "Kurimasaru," a variety of kabocha Japanese pumpkin grown in the A
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Companies and industry groups in Japan are increasingly creating commemorative days to boost consumption and raise awareness of their
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NAGOYA -- "Could those be FamilyMart socks?"Socks worn by Uzbekistan players during the men's volleyball preliminary-round match against Japan at the
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- People aged 65 and over account for a record-high 29.4 percent of Japan's population, the finalized 2025 census results showed Tuesda
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HITACHIOMIYA, Ibaraki -- The Hitachinokuni Long Trail, which takes hikers through forests and mountain village landscapes across six municipalities in
