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Snow Seen On Mount Fuji After Record Time Without
Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed, after the Japanese mountain's longest-ever stint with bare slopes.
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116-Year-Old Japanese Mountaineer To Be Named World's Oldest Person
A 116-year-old Japanese woman who used to be a mountaineer is set to be named the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, a research group said on Wednesday, following the death of a 117-year-old Spanish woman earlier this week.
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Japanese Climber Found Dead In Mountains In PoK, Another Missing
One of two Japanese climbers was found dead and his body recovered from a mountain in Pakistan occupied Kashmir on Saturday, with a search ongoing for the second man, a government official said.
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He Was Live-Streaming His Mt. Fuji Climb, Then The Sound Of His Fall
A man's body has been found on Mount Fuji, Japanese media reported on Wednesday, two days after a climber live-streaming a solo winter ascent of the mountain was seen dramatically falling and sliding down a snow-clad slope.
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Google Celebrates Mountaineer Junko Tabei's 80th Birthday With A Doodle
Google today honoured Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei her 80th birthday with a doodle. Junko Tabei was the first Japanese woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and also the first woman to climb the highest peak on every continent.
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'Funky' Monk Who Moonlights As DJ Now Teaches Grannies How To Make Music
At a remote temple in Japan cradled by a croissant-shaped mountain range, Akinobu Tatsumi leads a rare double life -- as a Buddhist monk who preaches about DJing.
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Man Who Lost 9 Fingertips To Frostbite Dies On Eighth Everest Attempt
A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, an official said, the second person to die on the world's highest mountain during the current climbing season.
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Volcano Erupts At Japanese Ski Resort, One Missing In Avalanche
Rocks spat out by an erupting volcano rained down on skiers at a mountain resort in central Japan on Tuesday and one skier was missing following an avalanche that occurred shortly after the volcano exploded and engulfed nearly a dozen skiers.
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Wild Boars Charge Into Japanese School, Disrupt Exams, Take A Dip In Pool
Two wild boars caused pandemonium at a Japanese school by charging into classes and even taking a dip in the school pool, forcing pupils to interrupt their exams. Wild boars have increasingly been sighted in cities near Japan's mountainous countryside, as observers say over-development has deprived them of their habitat.
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Japanese Manga Legend Jiro Taniguchi Dies At 69
Jiro Taniguchi, a legend in Japan's comic art of manga, died on Saturday at the age of 69, his publisher in France, Casterman, announced.
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Missing Boy Case Sparks Discipline Debate In Japan
The abandonment of a seven-year-old Japanese boy on a mountain road for misbehaving has sparked a national debate, with some expressing anger and others sympathy for the pressures parents face in disciplining their children.
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Japan Boy Abandoned In Forest By Parents Found, Dad Apologises
The father of a seven-year-old Japanese boy who went missing for nearly a week after his parents abandoned him in a mountain forest as punishment apologised today hours after his son was found safe.
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Massive Search For Japanese Boy Left in Forest by Parents As Punishment
Japanese rescuers scoured thick forest on Tuesday in search of a seven-year-old boy whose parents left him in mountain woods inhabited by bears as a punishment, in a case that has infuriated the public.
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Missing Japanese Boy Was Left In Mountains As Punishment
The parents of a seven-year-old Japanese boy missing in the mountains confessed on Sunday they had left him as a punishment and he did not get lost during a hike as first claimed, police said.
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Cold Rice Balls, No Flush Toilets At Quake-Hit Japan Shelter
In this mountainous Japanese town known for its hot springs, prized beef and Jersey milk cows, more than 2,000 people have taken refuge from earthquakes at school gymnasiums and community centers, surviving on rock-hard biscuits, cold rice balls and bread.
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Snow Seen On Mount Fuji After Record Time Without
Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed, after the Japanese mountain's longest-ever stint with bare slopes.
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116-Year-Old Japanese Mountaineer To Be Named World's Oldest Person
A 116-year-old Japanese woman who used to be a mountaineer is set to be named the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, a research group said on Wednesday, following the death of a 117-year-old Spanish woman earlier this week.
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Japanese Climber Found Dead In Mountains In PoK, Another Missing
One of two Japanese climbers was found dead and his body recovered from a mountain in Pakistan occupied Kashmir on Saturday, with a search ongoing for the second man, a government official said.
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He Was Live-Streaming His Mt. Fuji Climb, Then The Sound Of His Fall
A man's body has been found on Mount Fuji, Japanese media reported on Wednesday, two days after a climber live-streaming a solo winter ascent of the mountain was seen dramatically falling and sliding down a snow-clad slope.
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Google Celebrates Mountaineer Junko Tabei's 80th Birthday With A Doodle
Google today honoured Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei her 80th birthday with a doodle. Junko Tabei was the first Japanese woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and also the first woman to climb the highest peak on every continent.
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'Funky' Monk Who Moonlights As DJ Now Teaches Grannies How To Make Music
At a remote temple in Japan cradled by a croissant-shaped mountain range, Akinobu Tatsumi leads a rare double life -- as a Buddhist monk who preaches about DJing.
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Man Who Lost 9 Fingertips To Frostbite Dies On Eighth Everest Attempt
A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, an official said, the second person to die on the world's highest mountain during the current climbing season.
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Volcano Erupts At Japanese Ski Resort, One Missing In Avalanche
Rocks spat out by an erupting volcano rained down on skiers at a mountain resort in central Japan on Tuesday and one skier was missing following an avalanche that occurred shortly after the volcano exploded and engulfed nearly a dozen skiers.
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Wild Boars Charge Into Japanese School, Disrupt Exams, Take A Dip In Pool
Two wild boars caused pandemonium at a Japanese school by charging into classes and even taking a dip in the school pool, forcing pupils to interrupt their exams. Wild boars have increasingly been sighted in cities near Japan's mountainous countryside, as observers say over-development has deprived them of their habitat.
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Japanese Manga Legend Jiro Taniguchi Dies At 69
Jiro Taniguchi, a legend in Japan's comic art of manga, died on Saturday at the age of 69, his publisher in France, Casterman, announced.
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Missing Boy Case Sparks Discipline Debate In Japan
The abandonment of a seven-year-old Japanese boy on a mountain road for misbehaving has sparked a national debate, with some expressing anger and others sympathy for the pressures parents face in disciplining their children.
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Japan Boy Abandoned In Forest By Parents Found, Dad Apologises
The father of a seven-year-old Japanese boy who went missing for nearly a week after his parents abandoned him in a mountain forest as punishment apologised today hours after his son was found safe.
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Massive Search For Japanese Boy Left in Forest by Parents As Punishment
Japanese rescuers scoured thick forest on Tuesday in search of a seven-year-old boy whose parents left him in mountain woods inhabited by bears as a punishment, in a case that has infuriated the public.
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Missing Japanese Boy Was Left In Mountains As Punishment
The parents of a seven-year-old Japanese boy missing in the mountains confessed on Sunday they had left him as a punishment and he did not get lost during a hike as first claimed, police said.
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Cold Rice Balls, No Flush Toilets At Quake-Hit Japan Shelter
In this mountainous Japanese town known for its hot springs, prized beef and Jersey milk cows, more than 2,000 people have taken refuge from earthquakes at school gymnasiums and community centers, surviving on rock-hard biscuits, cold rice balls and bread.
