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BRIDGE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2014
Now you see it, now you don't: Hokkaido's 'phantom bridge'
An aging "phantom bridge" now surrounded by water in man-made Lake Nukabira in Kamishihoro, Hokkaido, is attracting tourists who want to view it while it is still intact, with its arches expected to collapse soon.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2014
British luxury liner QE3 docks in Yokohama
The luxury liner Queen Elizabeth, or QE3, named after Britain's current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, pulled into Yokohama Sunday night to make its maiden call to Japan.
EDITORIALS
Mar 8, 2014
Let Nihonbashi Bridge rise again
A new push by business executives is calling for the removal of the ugly elevated expressway over the famous Nihonbashi Bridge before the Olympics and Paralympics in 2020.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2014
Nihonbashi highway is urged to go under
Business executives said Wednesday they will continue to call for burying Tokyo's elevated expressways, including the section over the famed Nihonbashi Bridge, to restore open views and make the capital more scenic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2014
'Generation Resignation' youngsters defy stereotypes
While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes the momentum of his economic policies raises the spirits of the Japanese people and buoys the stock market as well, decadeslong economic malaise has already crushed the hopes and dreams of many young people, who will be leading the nation in the years to come.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 7, 2013
Fabled strand of 500 pines
Beautiful beaches, we've all seen our share, right? But a beautiful beach that's also historic and sacred? That sounds worth driving out of our way for — especially as the way takes us over a span I've long yearned to traverse: the Ondo Bridge, a delightful crimson structure over the Ondo Strait, a 90-meter wide channel that separates Kure City from the island of Kurahashi, Hiroshima Prefecture. Legend has it that, in the 12th century, the great warlord-politician Taira no Kiyomori carved out the strait in a single day to facilitate trade with China.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2013
Leap into bay from 27-meter-high bridge claims teen
An 18-year-old high schooler has died in the city of Hiroshima after jumping off the Hiroshima Hatsukaiichi Ohashi bridge into Hiroshima Bay with another boy to impress his friends, police said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 23, 2012
Adrift from Kyoto's Amanohashidate on Heaven's Floating Bridge
The Japanese have long had a fondness for categorizing impressive features of the world around them into numbered lists. And in this enterprise, trios hold particular fascination. Thus, in addition to the Three Great Festivals and the Three Great Night Views, among well over 100 prestigious triads are the Three Top Ramen Noodle Dishes, the Three Top Karst Topographies and the Three Top Poisonous Creatures.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.

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