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Men dressed as a deity called Namahage visit a residential house in Oga in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita on Dec. 31, 2024, during an annual event to bring good fortune. The Japanese folk ritual was added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of […]
Supplied photo shows two white tiger cubs and their mother at Tobu Zoo in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2024. The cubs were born last month and the zoo has decided to show them to visitors on Jan. 4, 2025. (Kyodo) The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. […]
An Imperial Palace gardener tends to potted bonsai trees ahead of the New Year at the palace in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- Passenger plane crash in South Korea kills 179, 2 survivors SEOUL – A South Korean plane […]
A vehicle drives on a Detour built on the north shore of Noto Peninsula in Suzu in central Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, marking full resumption of National Route 249 following its partial closure in the wake of a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the […]
Monkeys warm themselves by a fire at the Japan Monkey Centre in Inuyama in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Dec. 20, 2024. (Kyodo) The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- Honda, Nissan to consider building vehicles at each other’s plants TOKYO – Honda Motor Co. […]
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel clean the World Heritage-listed Himeji Castle in Himeji in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2024, ahead of the New Year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- Japan’s ruling bloc OKs FY 2025 tax reforms to fund defense spending […]
A shooting star is seen in the night sky over Lake Furen in Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2024, as the annual Geminid meteor shower peaks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- Trump meets widow of ex-Japanese PM Abe in Florida PALM […]
Photo taken at a research lab of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in Naraha in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 13, 2024, shows a remotely controlled robot developed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, unveiled to the media by the company. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) […]
Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2024, shows Christmas trees decorated with crystal glass set up for display in the pond of the garden of the Venetian Glass Museum in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture in eastern Japan. Two trees, 11 meters and 8 meters high, are decorated with approximately 85,000 and 65,000 pieces of […]
Tokyo’s Ueno Toshogu shrine is pictured during a lighting ceremony on Nov. 20, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- South Korea Justice Ministry orders travel ban for President Yoon SEOUL – South Korea’s Justice Ministry imposed a travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol, […]