The "Otaue-sai" rice planting festival, which prays for a good harvest in autumn, was held on June 25 at a rice field of Omiwa Shrine in the city of S･･･ ...

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A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food.

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As part of a visit to the school by the Welsh Rugby Union, the group of children sang a stirring rendition of the anthem for ...

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Japanese officials regularly protest the presence of the Chinese coast guard and other vessels in the waters surrounding the remote, disputed islands. Relations between Japan and China were strained ...

While the days of the week are most commonly written using Kanji in everyday Japanese (e.g., 日曜日 for Sunday), they can also be written entirely in Hiragana.