Isabella Bird's 'Unbeaten Tracks in Japan': An awful inn in a poor farming village (Pt. 12)
In late June 1878, Isabella Bird and her party traveled upstream along the Ojika River toward what is now Lake Ikari in Tochigi Prefecture. Passing th
In late June 1878, Isabella Bird and her party traveled upstream along the Ojika River toward what is now Lake Ikari in Tochigi Prefecture. Passing th
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KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- JR Hokkaido's popular sightseeing Kushiro Shitsugen Norokko Train made its final run Saturday through a wetland in eastern H
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese second-hand goods retailer Bookoff Group Holdings Ltd. and East Japan Railway Co. on Friday became the latest companies to a
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ROMA (Kyodo) -- Japan's embassy in the Vatican City held an event Thursday to introduce the Japanese method of cooking eel to envoys from various coun
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KITAAKITA, Akita -- A nonprofit group has started spraying a bear repellent by drone in this northeastern Japan city as part of a demonstration experi
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Oct. 10 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What did farm minister
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NIIGATA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Environment Ministry on Friday confirmed sightings of an endangered crested ibis over 300 kilometers away from Sado
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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan on Friday slammed Russia's request that the Netherlands extradite the president of the International Criminal Court, a Japanese na
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KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- JJR Kyushu's train lines were fully restored Saturday, 74 days after the devastating July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefect
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has asked Russia to provide information following the death of a worker at an anti-plague institute in Irkutsk from pneumonia l
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MATSUYAMA -- A 1993 scientific paper by researchers at Ehime University in western Japan on the global spread of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
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TOKYO -- A reissued edition of "Nagai Ana" (The Long Cave), a manga first published in 1970 by Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), has enjoyed unexpected popula
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- At a cafe in Tokyo's famed Akihabara district, "maids" are increasingly learning to accommodate foreign visitors by studying English
