After experiencing the Great East Japan Earthquake, an elementary school girl decided to devote her life to helping others. Now she works at a fire station, on the frontline of emergencies and fires.
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The 13-meter-tall Takizakura in the town of Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture is said to be over 1,000 years old and has been designated as a national natural monument.
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The talent agency Starto Entertainment has started full operations. This follows revelations of sexual abuse by Johnny Kitagawa who founded Johnny & Associates.
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NHK World’s Ramin Mellegard brings you cherry blossoms by a canal in Tokyo’s Ichigaya.
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Confectionery manufacturer Fujiya is setting up 350 vending machines around Japan to satisfy people with night-time cake cravings. Watch video: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne… #NHKWorld

The 2011 disaster in northeast Japan put spring festivals on hold at one of Fukushima Prefecture's top cherry blossom spots. Now, though, the fun is back after the hiatus.
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NHK's drone footage shows weeping cherry trees at their best at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto. Watch video: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne… #NHKWorld

NHK World’s Inoue Yuki is at Tomioka Town in Fukushima
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A store featuring Wajima lacquerware that has been in operation for nearly 200 years reopened in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture, after the Noto Peninsula earthquake. 
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Taiwan's recent earthquake shows there are still things that must be done for protection from future quakes.
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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest destroyer has been altered so that F-35B stealth fighter jets can operate from its flight deck. Watch video:
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A stone collected from a riverbank in Japan has turned out to be a source of a rare species of 'marimo' moss balls that have proliferated inside a home aquarium. Watch video:
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NHK World’s Yoshikawa Ayano got a rare look inside the post-meltdown Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, to see the state of decommissioning.
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NHK World’s Yoshikawa Ryuichi brings you cherry blossoms in Yoyogi. 'Full bloom last week, but like this after a storm on Tuesday… Hope it lasts to the weekend!” Check our map of the national “sakura　front.”➡www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne…
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The White House’s Jake Sullivan spoke to NHK World about the outlook for the Japan-US alliance and security in the Indo-Pacific region ahead of the summit between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.
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NHK NEWSLINE anchors Yamaguchi Hiroaki and Inoue Yuki made it to Yoyogi Park in time to enjoy the cherry blossoms at their best! 
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Architect Endou Kazuyoshi has created a baked delicacy he hopes will put his disaster-hit Fukushima hometown on the map.
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See yozakura (night cherry blossom) through the eyes of NHK WORLD NEWSLINE's business news anchor Gene Otani. Photos taken in Shibuya.
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The cherry blossom walk at the Osaka Mint has been a spring tradition for 140 years. The 560-meter stretch has about 340 cherry trees of 140 varieties. 
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Kamakura's beloved cherry blossom trees are in full bloom now. Here are images taken today by Newsroom Tokyo anchor Yoshioka Takuma.
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