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A 62-year-old man died on Thursday night after being found collapsed in the car parking lot of an apartment building where he lived in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture. Police said they received a call at around 7:45 p.m. from a nearby resident, saying that two men were ...

The shimmering heat… dear soil in a wicker basket on someone’s back--Yosa Buson (Kyoto)

The latest reports showed that a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Friday. No tsunamis and casualties were reported, but bullet trains were temporarily halted due to a power outage. Read here.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Friday shook eastern Japan, including Tokyo, but officials said there were no threats of a tsunami.

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No casualties or damage to the infrastructure were reported. No tsunami warning was issued

Ninety percent of prefectural assembly members with ties to the Unification Church were re-elected in the unified local elections in April, but their popularity showed signs of waning, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.

In the gaze of daisies children’s tears dry--Helga Stania (Ettiswil, Switzerland)

Getting to third base scenting pink-tinged valerian--C.F. Tash (Washington, D.C.)

Tamaki Koizumi’s older brother, Takeshi, relayed the news in a tense voice in early spring five years ago. Their mother had collapsed at her home in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture.