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KYOTO (ANN/THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN) – Japan recently marked its Culture Day with an ancient poem-making event in Kitano Tenmangu shrine in Kyoto, which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, an aristocrat and scholar from the ninth century. In addition to traditional Chinese- and Japanese-style poems, an English poem was recited for the first time at the event […]

Mixed messages and questions on whether it was safe to swim at Rotorua’s holiday hotspots were concerns raised after a local community board was “inundated

TOKYO -- In commemoration of some 150 years since the Iwakura Mission was dispatched to the United States and Europe by the Japanese government, resea

Peter Macmillan died in hospital two days after his car was hit by Stuart Matchett in Monifieth.

Peter Macmillan died in hospital two days after his car was hit by Stuart Matchett in Monifieth.

A tiny outback town 22 hours from Brisbane is reaping the benefits of Victorias hard border closure with New South Wales as desperate holiday makers take the long way home. But locals and Queenslands peak motoring body have warned Victorians could be risking more than their vehicles if theyre not properly prepared for the journey. Since Victoria closed its borders to NSW on January 1, hundreds of travellers enjoying the Queensland sun have opted for an alternate route home, which takes at le...

7th Jan 2021 7:10 AM A tiny outback town 22 hours from Brisbane is reaping the benefits of Victorias hard border closure with New South Wales as desperate holiday makers take the long way home. But locals and Queenslands peak motoring body have warned Victorians could be risking more than their vehicles if theyre not properly prepared for the journey. Since Victoria closed its borders to NSW on January 1, hundreds of travellers enjoying the Queensland sun have opt...

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