The South Korean poet Kang Han-na is the only foreign winner of an award for tanka, a Japanese poetic form with a history of over 1,500 years. She says that breaking down complex, tangled feelings into a short tanka can reveal surprisingly simple answers.
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A special event, "Disney Halloween," has started at Tokyo Disney Resort in the city of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture. The event will run through October 3
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KYIV (Kyodo) -- The Ukrainian government has requested a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force said Sunday it has recovered part of the crashed Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft tha
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato seized the outright lead Sunday at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament after ozeki Kotozakura suffered his second loss
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TAKAMATSU -- An 83-year-old man in west Japan has begun speaking publicly about his memory of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima after decades of silence
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OSAKA -- Booksellers across Japan have put together a "Book list for building lasting peace," recommending titles for thinking about peace. The projec
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MANILA (Kyodo) -- Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed on Sept. 20 at a meeting of their industry and trade ministers to work t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Environment Ministry is stepping up measures against longhorn beetles that are devouring cherry trees, with a request for 6.7
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan missed out on its first men's basketball gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, going down 67-57 to South Korea
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's mixed doubles pair Akinori Wase and Yuina Sakamoto fell short of gold in teqball, but the newly added sport, combining eleme
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A large typhoon was moving toward eastern Japan's Pacific coast Monday, with the weather agency issuing a top-level warning for lands
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We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between September 12 and 20. The first stor
