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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2014
Heat wave sweeps Japan; many areas log hottest day of summer
Temperatures soared across the country on Wednesday with highs for this summer recorded in many areas, the weather agency said.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2014
Ehime resident hopes to heal with island cafe
A man from Ehime Prefecture opened a cafe last May on a tiny uninhabited island near the city of Matsuyama, in what he described as an attempt to bring one of his favorite childhood haunts back to life.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2013
Corpse found in suitcase near road
The rotting corpse of an unidentified woman in her 60s or 70s was found in a suitcase along a wooded road Saturday in Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 11, 2013
Family of drowned boy to sue operator of kindergarten
The family of a 5-year-old who drowned in a river in Ehime Prefecture during a kindergarten excursion last year will sue the operator of the school, sources said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2013
Resuscitating Japan's fishing culture
The efforts by young fishermen engaged on fish culturing on the Uwa Sea, west of Ehime Prefecture, may offer an example of a new direction that Japan's fishing industry should take in making itself vibrant. In 2009, the Ehime Prefectural Government started a system of certifying fishermen younger than 45 years old who have completed a course to learn the latest fish culture and sales techniques.

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