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Man looking for his phone airlifted from Japan’s Mt. Fuji twice in 1 week – National

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A 27-year-old student from China was rescued from Japan’s tallest mountain, Mount Fuji, twice within four days after he returned to look for a cellphone left behind the first time. The climber, who was not publicly identified, was first airlifted with altitude sickness near the peak of Mount Fuji, which is currently closed to the … Read more

Watch: Capybara Cafe In Tokyo Has Two Giant Rodents You Can Play With While Sipping Coffee

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A unique cafe in Tokyo is going viral on social media. Along with sipping delicious coffees, here you can pet, feed and play with two giant capybaras. For the unversed, capybara is the largest living rodent, native to South America. According to WWF, their average size is around 108 pounds – about the size of … Read more

Man arrested after influencer stabbed to death while livestreaming on Tokyo street – National

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A man has been arrested after a Japanese streamer was fatally stabbed while she livestreamed on a downtown Tokyo street on Tuesday. Police in Japan said Friday that they had arrested Kenji Takano, 42, on suspicion of attempted murder. He has since been sent to prosecutors but has not been charged yet, according to a … Read more

Japan Says ‘Very Disappointing’ As 2031 Women’s World Cup Hopes Torpedoed

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Image for representative use© AFP Japan’s football chief said Thursday it was “very disappointing” after FIFA torpedoed his country’s hopes of hosting the 2031 Women’s World Cup. Football’s world governing body said Wednesday that bids for the 2031 tournament would be limited to countries from North America and Africa, with the 2035 event … Read more

Japanese Restaurant Owner Offers Rs 58,000 To Track Down Customers Over Bad Review

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The owner of TOYOJIRO, a highly rated ramen restaurant, reacted strongly after receiving the negative review. Frustrated, he took to Instagram and posted photos of the customers, offering a cash reward of 100,000 yen (approximately Rs 58,000) per person to anyone who could identify them, according to the New York Post. In a now-deleted post, … Read more

Viral Video Shares A Peek Into Japanese School Lunch Meal And We Are Jealous

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Lunchtime— unarguably the best part of the school day. Nothing could beat the excitement of the lunch bell ringing, signalling that much-needed break when we’d finally get to open our tiffin boxes. Indian lunchboxes were always a delightful surprise, fluffy aloo parathas with achar, fragrant lemon rice, grilled sandwiches or the unbeatable rajma chawal. Some … Read more

Fears grow for Japan truck driver swallowed by sinkhole as rescue enters 4th day – National

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Fears are growing for the health and safety of a truck driver who has now spent almost four days trapped in a sinkhole in Japan, after the road opened up and swallowed the truck he was driving. The 74-year-old driver, who has not been identified, first became trapped in the sinkhole when it opened up … Read more

Rescue underway as pool-sized sinkhole swallows truck and driver in Japan – National

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A large sinkhole has opened up near Tokyo, swallowing a truck with a man inside, and now the race is on to rescue him. Japanese emergency services in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, received calls just before 10 a.m. local time Tuesday morning that the massive sinkhole had appeared in a busy intersection and a truck … Read more

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