Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake near Fukushima disaster site

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A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a small tsunami that hit the same Fukushima region devastated by a 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, sent thousands of residents fleeing for higher ground as […]

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The Japanese Museum of Rocks That Look Like Faces

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In Chichibu, Japan, two hours northwest of Tokyo, there’s an odd museum; perhaps the only one of its kind. It’s called the Chinsekikan (which means hall of curious rocks) and it houses over 1700 rocks that resemble human faces. The museum houses all kinds of jinmenseki, or rock with a human face, including celebrity lookalikes

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Corolla, Toyota’s car for the masses, turns 50

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This weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the Toyota Corolla, one of the world’s best-selling cars. Since the first model went on sale in Japan on Nov. 5, 1966, about 44.3 million Corollas have been sold globally through the end of September, including the Corolla Fielder station wagon and other variants, the Japanese automaker says.

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Japanese New Year’s Kit Kats available exclusively from post offices

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Nestlé Japan is known for its wide range of unusual Kit Kats, which come in a variety of unusual flavors and special local releases, but sometimes, at the end of the year, it’s the original chocolate wafer that becomes one of their most sought-after products. The Japanese tradition of giving “otoshidama” money gifts at New

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