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Japan: Typhoon Nakri Brings Strong Winds to Southern Izu Islands

Typhoon Nakri made its closest approach to the southern Izu Islands on Monday morning, October 13, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

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US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

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Int'l Tokyo Toy Show opens with some 35,000 toys

TOKYO, Japan - The International Tokyo Toy Show opens on June 12, 2014, under the sponsorship of the Japan Toy Association at Tokyo Big Sight in the Japanese capital with about 35,000 different toys exhibited.

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Bandai's 'Hako Vision' wins toy award

TOKYO, Japan - Bandai Co.'s Hako Vision, a toy creating images in a palm-size box using projection mapping techniques, is seen in this undated photo. It won the Japan Toy Association's grand prize in the innovative toy section for the 2014 Japan toy awards.

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Bandai's 'Hako Vision' wins toy award

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Bandai Co.'s Hako Vision, a toy creating images in a palm-size box using projection mapping techniques, in Tokyo on June 10, 2014. It won the Japan Toy Association's grand prize in the innovative toy section for the 2014 Japan toy awards.

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Licca doll

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds the "triple color change" version of the Licca doll that changes hair color in accordance with temperature during an event in Tokyo on June 11, 2013, as the Japan Toy Association selected it as one of the most remarkable toys of the year in Japan.

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Takara holds seminar for Santa Claus wannabes

TOKYO, Japan - Toy maker Takara Co. held a seminar in Tokyo on Dec. 8 featuring mambo musician Paradise Yamamoto, the only Japanese ''official'' Santa Claus, to teach aspiring Santas the tricks of the trade. Yamamoto, authorized by the dean of Greenland International Santa Clause Association, lectured to about 40 Japanese people, mainly fathers, dressed in Santa Claus costumes on such topics as how to give presents to children and say ''Ho! Ho! Ho!'' in an appropriately Santa-like voice.

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Takara holds seminar for Santa Claus wannabes

TOKYO, Japan - Toy maker Takara Co. held a seminar in Tokyo on Dec. 8 featuring mambo musician Paradise Yamamoto, the only Japanese ''official'' Santa Claus, to teach aspiring Santas the tricks of the trade. Yamamoto, authorized by the dean of Greenland International Santa Clause Association, lectured to about 40 Japanese people, mainly fathers, dressed in Santa Claus costumes on such topics as how to give presents to children and say ''Ho! Ho! Ho!'' in an appropriately Santa-like voice. (Kyodo)

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Int'l Tokyo Toy Show opens with some 35,000 toys

TOKYO, Japan - The International Tokyo Toy Show opens on June 12, 2014, under the sponsorship of the Japan Toy Association at Tokyo Big Sight in the Japanese capital with about 35,000 different toys exhibited. (Kyodo)