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A project in a western Japanese city has set a world record for the "most people decorating gingerbread houses simultaneously ...

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Kyoto is famous for its shrines, geisha district and other culturally significant areas. But in recent years it has been ...

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For one week, a corner of London has been transformed into a pocket of ancient Japan, with dozens of sumo wrestlers ...

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Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark ...