Sado crested ibis spotted over 300 km from release site for 1st time
NIIGATA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Environment Ministry on Friday confirmed sightings of an endangered crested ibis over 300 kilometers away from Sado
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 (Kyodo) -- Conveyor-belt sushi is hitting the road in Tokyo, with tours aboard a double-decker sightseeing bus set to begin Saturday.The Sushi B
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OSAKA -- Japan's foster care system offers homes to children who cannot live with their parents due to financial hardship, neglect or other circumstan
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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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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) -- JR Kyushu's train lines were fully restored Saturday, 74 days after the devastating July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefectu
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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
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two-time Olympic men's figure skating champion and professional skater Yuzuru Hanyu will perform in an ice show in Miyagi Prefecture
