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        <title>Dragon Rising: Japanese Men’s Volleyball a Dominant Force in 2026 Nations League Play</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Team Japan Ruling the NetThe annual Volleyball Nations League tournament is underway, taking place in venues around the world from June 10 through August 2. Pool play rounds were held in nine countrie...]]></description>
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        <title>Japan’s People’s Honor Award Recipients</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Honoring Society&amp;rsquo;s HeroesPrime Minister Fukuda Takeo in 1977 established the People&amp;rsquo;s Honor Award to recognize widely respected individuals whose accomplishments have inspired society. It ...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h20001/</link>
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        <title>Blue Brew Coffee Roaster, Kyōjima, Tokyo: Uniting People and the City with Coffee</title>
        <description><![CDATA[In April 2026, a new caf&amp;eacute;, Blue Brew Coffee Roaster, opened in a former tenement house in Kyōjima, a retro-elegant part of Sumida, Tokyo.Sitting unobtrusively in a sleepy old shopping street, t...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/guide-to-japan/b11714/</link>
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        <title>Japan’s Agricultural Workforce Drops Below 1 Million</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Ongoing DeclineA 2026 survey conducted by Japan&amp;rsquo;s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries found that the number of core agricultural workers (those engaged in self-employed farming as t...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02834/</link>
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        <title>Major Earthquakes in Japan Since 2011</title>
        <description><![CDATA[At 4:27 pm on July 28, 2026, a powerful earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, bringing violent shaking of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale in the city of Uki and the ...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h20002/</link>
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        <title>World Heritage Sites in Japan</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Convention, adopted at the 1972 General Conference of UNESCO, called for a list to be created of natural and cultural sites of &amp;ldquo;outstanding universal value.&amp;rdquo;In December ...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h10035/</link>
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        <title>Kyoto Tourists Top 60 Million for First Time in 2025</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Half of All Overnight Visitors to Kyoto from OverseasResults of a survey by the city&amp;rsquo;s municipal government found that Kyoto had 62.8 million tourists in 2025, exceeding 60 million for the first...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02829/</link>
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        <title>Makie: Japan’s “Sprinkled Picture” Technique for Creating Lacquer Luxury</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Long TraditionMakie is a decorative technique in which artisans create designs by sprinkling powder, often gold or silver, on patterns drawn in lacquer before it dries. The word literally means &amp;ldq...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/guide-to-japan/cs00088/</link>
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        <title>Asuka and Fujiwara: Cradles of Japan’s Nationhood Recognized as World Heritage Site</title>
        <description><![CDATA[How Exchange with Continental Culture Reshaped Early JapanThe Asuka period (592&amp;ndash;710) marked Japan&amp;rsquo;s transition from a federation of powerful clans to a centralized state headed by the empe...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/guide-to-japan/gu900323/</link>
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        <title>Revitalizing Japanese Shipbuilding: Labor Shortages, US Demands Cast Doubt on “Made in Japan” Strategy</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I published a study of the political and administrative processes surrounding Japan&amp;rsquo;s use of subsidies to rebuild the shipping and shipbuilding industry in the early post&amp;ndash;Wor...]]></description>
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        <title>Young Japanese Women Drawn to Urban Living</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Strong Preference for City Living among Young WomenThe overconcentration of Japan&amp;rsquo;s population in Tokyo and population outflow from the regions outside the country&amp;rsquo;s main urban centers a...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02837/</link>
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        <title>Hit the Brakes: Understanding Japan’s New Traffic Rules for Bicycles</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Traffic Grey ZoneJapan is a bicycle nation. Ownership rates are high, at roughly one bike for every two people, and some 12% of the population rely on bicycles as their main mode of transportation, a ...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/guide-to-japan/gu900320/</link>
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        <title>Temperature Up, Motivation Down: More Than Half of Japanese Workers Affected by Summer Heat Fatigue </title>
        <description><![CDATA[After Rainy Season, Heat Fatigue SeasonIn a survey conducted by Japanese human-resource service provider Mynavi of 20,000 full-time employees in their twenties to fifties, 38.1% of respondents said th...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02836/</link>
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        <title>Weekly Emergency Heatstroke Cases Rise Above 10,000 in Japan</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Cases Rise amid Severe HeatThe number of people in Japan who received emergency transportation due to heatstroke rose above 10,000 in the week from July 13 to 19. Statistics from Japan&amp;rsquo;s Fire an...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02849/</link>
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        <title>Susanoo and the Eight-Headed Serpent Yamata no Orochi</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Expulsion from HeavenAfter the sun goddess Amaterasu came out of the cave, bringing light back to heaven, the gathered deities resolved to punish Susanoo for the wild acts that had led her to hide awa...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/b11204/</link>
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        <title>Seniors with Dementia Increasingly Targets of Sales Scams in Japan</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Victims Often Unaware of FraudAccording to a 2026 white paper by Japan&amp;rsquo;s Consumer Affairs Agency, the number of consultations made with consumer affairs centers nationwide by seniors with dement...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02832/</link>
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        <title>Not a Guy at All: Hit Manga Offers Natural Take on Same-Sex Adolescent Love</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Record Store Guy is a GirlOur story begins with high-school girl Aya &amp;ldquo;totally fangirling&amp;rdquo; over a guy working at a local CD shop. The guy, though turns out not to be a guy at all&amp;mdash;...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/b11808/</link>
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        <title>Japan Takes the Lead in Updated Indo-Pacific Initiative: Can FOIP 3.0 Lay the Foundations for New Regional Order?</title>
        <description><![CDATA[FOIP at Ten and Japan&amp;rsquo;s Diplomatic PushThe Free and Open Indo-Pacific is the most successful regional foreign-policy concept to come out of Japan in the post&amp;ndash;Cold War era. Proposed by the ...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d01245/</link>
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        <title>Mugicha: Japan’s Refreshing, Caffeine-Free Barley Tea</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Barley BeverageMugicha is a Japanese drink with a toasted, nutty flavor made from barley; in English it is sometimes called &amp;ldquo;barley tea.&amp;rdquo; Although it may be drunk hot, it is particularly...]]></description>
        <link>https://www.nippon.com/en/guide-to-japan/cs00089/</link>
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        <title>Japan’s Seniors Increasingly Prefer Going Solo </title>
        <description><![CDATA[Enjoying Own CompanyThe Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living has conducted a survey every ten years since 1986 targeting men and women aged 60&amp;ndash;74. In 1986, average life expectancy stood at 80.9...]]></description>
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