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MORIOKA

SOCCER
Oct 31, 2017
Ryota Morioka, Kazuki Nagasawa added to national team for upcoming friendlies in Europe
Midfielder Ryota Morioka of Belgian club Waasland-Beveren and Urawa Reds midfielder Kazuki Nagasawa were named to the Japan team for November's friendlies against Brazil and Belgium the Japan Football Association said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2017
Iwate Prefecture introduces quirky signs and other initiatives to lure foreign visitors
Struggling to attract foreign visitors, Iwate Prefecture has embarked on a charm offensive using quirky signs and other techniques to endear tourists to the far-flung region.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2016
Girl, 16, dead, another injured after falling from Iwate dam
A 16-year-old high school girl was found dead and a 15-year-old seriously injured when they fell from a dam in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, it was revealed Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2016
Morioka embraces new young talent to keep geisha tradition alive
Morioka, the capital of Iwate Prefecture, is striving to preserve and revitalize the time-honored tradition of geisha entertainers for which the city was once famous.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 17, 2016
Tanii wins 50-km walk national title
World bronze medalist Takayuki Tanii won the 50-km walk on Sunday at the national championships, the final qualifier for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 25, 2015
Race walker Morioka qualifies for Olympics
Koichiro Morioka booked his third straight Olympic berth after he won a 50-km race walk trial in Yamagata Prefecture on Sunday within the qualifying standard time.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2015
Predawn M5.7 quake jolts Iwate; no disruptions reported
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck Iwate Prefecture early Friday morning, the Meteorological Agency said. It said there was no risk of tsunami.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2014
Tohoku cities to jointly stage food fairs in four U.S. cities in October
Six cities in the Tohoku region will jointly stage food fairs in four U.S. cities in October, featuring local foods and products from a region hard hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011, one of the city offices said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2014
Miyagi teen savors first win at Iwate racetrack
A teenage jockey from Tohoku recently made her professional debut, achieving a long-held dream after having nearly abandoned her career following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 3, 2014
Japan's iron age continues in style
Nambu Tekki, traditional Japanese ironware has developed to produce many aesthetically pleasing designs, including brightly colored contemporary products for the French market.
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Dec 14, 2013
Why didn't Japan have a revolution like France's?
Why wasn't there a revolution in Japan like the one in France? The suffering was as great in 18th-century Japan as in the realm of ill-fated King Louis XVI, the government here as callous and incompetent as the government there. How did Japan's old order — rotting internally, as its collapse under foreign threat in the 1860s proved — escape being overthrown by the starving and enraged masses?
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2013
Poll highlights refugees' difficulties in rebuilding homes
More than 2u00bd years after the March 2011 disasters, a poll says half of the refugees have no resources to rebuild their homes.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, 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.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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