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Despite its name, the Japanese gecko, a symbol of good luck when spotted inside the home, is an alien species introduced from China around 3,000 years ago, a study shows.
Japan is headed for a crisis in the distribution of freight across the country due to a projected shortage of truck drivers brought about by revised regulations on the number of hours they can work.
NARA--Deer in Nara Park that are a popular tourist draw have highly distinctive genes that have been preserved for more than 1,000 years, Japanese researchers have reported.
"He took the place of a real woman who's been training for years, right?" one Twitter user wrote. "He shattered years of work of some woman."
A strong winter pressure pattern brought a dumping of heavy snow to many areas across Japan and dropped temperatures to their most frigid levels on record.