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【Breaking News】"Yuru-kyara" local mascot festival

HIKONE, Japan, Oct. 19 Kyodo - More than 100 "yuru-kyara" mascot characters from 32 prefectures across Japan as well as from abroad gather for a two-day annual event in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2024. (Kyodo)

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"Yuru-kyara" local mascot festival

More than 100 "yuru-kyara" mascot characters from 32 prefectures across Japan as well as from abroad gather for a two-day annual event in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2024.

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"Yuru-kyara" local mascot festival

More than 100 "yuru-kyara" mascot characters from 32 prefectures across Japan as well as from abroad gather for a two-day annual event in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2024.

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"Yuru-kyara" local mascot festival

More than 100 "yuru-kyara" mascot characters from 32 prefectures across Japan as well as from abroad gather for a two-day annual event in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2024.

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More Ho-no-Hana facilities raided over fraud charges

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators enter Atami Ningen Yuin (Atami hospital to cure human beings), a hotel in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo, used mainly by people traveling tours organized by the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious sect, for evidence of fraud charges no Dec. 4. The Atami hotel is one of 32 facilities in 12 prefectures linked to the religious sect, searched by police in the day.

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1st Japan peach summit held in Yamanashi Pref.

The first nationwide peach summit is held in Fuefuki in the central Japanese prefecture of Yamanashi on April 17, 2015, with the participation of 32 organizations from eight prefectures, to boost peach exports. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Troubled property firm Leopalace21

Photo shows the head office of rental apartment operator Leopalace21 Corp. in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2019. The firm has started moving 14,443 residents out of their homes to repair defects found in 1,324 apartments in Tokyo and 32 prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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More Ho-no-Hana facilities raided over fraud charges

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators enter Atami Ningen Yuin (Atami hospital to cure human beings), a hotel in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo, used mainly by people traveling tours organized by the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious sect, for evidence of fraud charges no Dec. 4. The Atami hotel is one of 32 facilities in 12 prefectures linked to the religious sect, searched by police in the day.