1 day ago · Women in traditional attire from the ancient Heian period play "karuta," a traditional Japanese card game, during an annual New Year's ceremony at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 3, 2025.
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3 days ago · The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.-----Japan marks 1 year since deadly collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport
5 days ago · Gravestones remain collapsed in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.
6 days ago · 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.
4 days ago · The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.-----Japan marks 1 year since powerful Noto quake, rebuilding remains slow