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news 4 young Japan schoolkids given 'Citizen of the Year' awards for helping Rohingya refugees The Mainichi © The Mainichi This photo shows the four elementary school students who are supporting Rohingya refugees, in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2021. (Mainichi/Naomichi Senoo) OTA, Gunma -- Four elementary school students in the east Japan prefecture of Gunma were presented with "Citizen of the Year" awards in January for collecting money through crowdfunding to support Rohingya people, a Muslim ethnic minority group from Myanmar who have been sheltering in refugee ca...

news 'Shooting Star' bullet train runs in southwestern Japan ahead of full-scale launch The Mainichi © The Mainichi This photo shows the shinkansen bullet train casting light in Chikugo, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 14, 2021. (Mainichi/ Minoru Kanazawa) FUKUOKA -- A special "Nagareboshi Shinkansen," or "shooting star bullet train," ran in the southwestern Japan region of Kyushu with a spectacular display of light on the night of March 14 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line's full-scale opening. The bullet train, casting beams of light from wind...

news Japan high schoolers develop world's fastest air powered bicycle that runs at 64 kph The Mainichi © The Mainichi This photo shows the compressed air powered bicycle in the city of Fukuoka on Feb. 24, 2021. (Mainichi/Sayo Kato) FUKUOKA -- A team of high school students in this west Japan city has developed a bicycle that runs on a compressed air engine which has been officially certified by Guinness World Records as the "fastest compressed air powered bicycle" on the planet. The group that came up with the bike consists of eight third-year students majoring in automotiv...

news Japan's impoverished hesitating to apply for welfare due to checks on kin The Mainichi © The Mainichi This photo shows a consultation area for people who have lost their homes or run into other difficulties amid the coronavirus pandemic at Okubo Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. A survey regarding social aid was conducted there. (Mainichi/Satoshi Tokairin) TOKYO -- A system in which authorities phone the parents, siblings or other kin of people applying for welfare in Japan to check whether they can offer financial assistance is placing a psychological burden on applicant...

news 'Elegant' ammonite fossil discovered in Hokkaido town identified as new species The Mainichi © The Mainichi This Jan. 13, 2021 photo at Mikasa City Museum in Hokkaido shows fossil pieces of an ammonite that has been identified as a new species. (Mainichi/Hiroto Watanabe) MIKASA, Hokkaido -- A fossilized ammonite discovered in the town of Haboro in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido has been identified as a new species, it has been reported. Mikasa City Museum in the same prefecture announced the discovery in a journal published on Jan. 1 by the Palaeontologica...