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JAPAN
Jan 18, 2006

Foreign tourists hit record high 6.73 million

The number of foreign tourists to Japan in 2005 is estimated to have been a record high 6.73 million, up 590,000 from the previous year, transport chief Kazuo Kitagawa said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2006

Five people die in snow-related mishaps

At least five people died Saturday in snow-related incidents in Niigata, Nagano and Akita prefectures, and five avalanches were reported as the weather turned warmer throughout the country.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 13, 2006

Miyamoto joins squad

Yakult Swallows infielder Shinya Miyamoto has joined the Japanese squad for the World Baseball Classic to fill the void left by Chicago White Sox infielder Tadahito Iguchi, the baseball commissioner's office said Thursday.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past