Shiga
(2002 est. pop. 1.4 million). Shiga Prefecture is situated in the central region of Japan's island of Honshu, where it occupies an area of 4,016 square kilometers. Shiga's primary ...
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A Buddhist temple-looking Christian church was among 166
structures that a government advisory panel proposed Friday to
designate as tangible cultural assets.
With these addition, the numb...
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The following is a list of major attacks on politicians in Japan
since World War II.
Oct. 12, 1960 -- Inejiro Asanuma, chairman of the Japan
Socialist Party, stabbed to death by a right-wi...
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Japan eyes heavier penalties for gun use by gangsters
TOKYO - The Japanese government adopted a bill Tuesday to revise
the firearms control law to impose heavier punishment on th...
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The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan
indicated Sunday there is a possibility of a general election at an
early stage.
''It is generally seen that the situation now i...
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Metal fatigue is suspected of causing the rupture of the wheel
axle of a roller-coaster car that derailed at an amusement park
outside Osaka last Saturday, killing a woman and injuring 19 oth...
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METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY)
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 jolted
wide areas in central Japan on Sunday, injuring a...
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(EDS: UPDATING WITH LATEST INFO)
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 jolted
wide areas of central Japan on Sunday, injuring at least two people
and damaging houses and a ...
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The number of children below 15 in the nation came to 17.38
million as of April 1 for the 26th straight year of decline,
accounting for a record-low 13.6 percent of the population, according ...
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Five young Japanese were found dead inside a sealed van on Monday in an apparent group suicide, authorities said.A passer-by discovered the bodies of the three men and two women, all believed to be...
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Shiga
Smith Memorial Hall designated as one of tangible cultural assets
