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Town near Mt. Fuji explains black screen to block view was 'only option' for tourist safety FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi -- The mayor of this town has explained that it had no choice but to erect a black screen blocking a view of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji over a convenience store to protect the safety of locals and the throngs of foreign tourists that came to 😱😱😱 Mayor Watanabe recalled, "We talked about whether other colors were possible, but black was our only option at the time." The project, including installing erecting safety fencing, cost around 1.3 million yen (approx. $8,300).😰😰😰 The town says the black netting is a "temporary measure" and plans to remove it once the situation calms down. Watanabe told reporters, "There's no clear set time for removal, but we want to promote the charms of the town (other than this spot), so that we can remove it as soon as possible."🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤷‍♂ (Japanese original by Tatsuki Noda, Kofu Bureau) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆕 Finance News ✅@money 🇺🇸 US News @america 🇯🇵 Japan News @japan 🇦🇪 UAE News @dubai ▶️ Popular Movies @videos ⭐ Viral Video @viral 😜 Best Funny Video @funnys 🗝 Free Proxy Mtproto @vpns 💬 Free ChatGPT AI @AIGO ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

Japan on alert for unseasonal swarm of stink bugs that feed on fruit TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is bracing for a swarm of stink bugs that can attack tree fruits, with an unusually large number of prefectures already issuing alerts.😱😱😱 Of Japan's 47 prefectures, 30 from west to east, including Tokyo, had issued stink bug alerts as of Friday, according to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries data.😰😰😰 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆕 Finance News ✅@money 🇺🇸 US News @america 🇯🇵 Japan News @japan 🇦🇪 UAE News @dubai ▶️ Popular Movies @videos ⭐ Viral Video @viral 😜 Best Funny Video @funnys 🗝 Free Proxy Mtproto @vpns 💬 Free ChatGPT AI @AIGO ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

Shrine honors cats at a Japanese island where they outnumber humans TASHIROJIMA, Japan (AP) -- On a small island off Japan's northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats.😄😄😄 The "Neko Jinja," or Cat Shrine, mythologizes cats as guardian angels of Tashirojima, where cats outnumber humans.👍👍👍 Legend says the island used to be famous for sericulture and farmers would keep cats because they would chase away rats, protecting the silkworm cocoons from the rodents.👏👏👏 Fishermen on the island have also traditionally believed that cats bring good luck, including large hauls of fish.🥳🥳🥳 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆕 Finance News ✅@money 🇺🇸 US News @america 🇯🇵 Japan News @japan 🇦🇪 UAE News @dubai ▶️ Popular Movies @videos ⭐ Viral Video @viral 😜 Best Funny Video @funnys 🗝 Free Proxy Mtproto @vpns 💬 Free ChatGPT AI @AIGO ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

Meet your match? Spot the difference #108: Rice planting Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two pictures. (Illustrations by Mansaku Kiyota, News Content Management Center Visual Group)💪💪💪 Click/tap here for the answer to the puzzle above.

Only 57% of Japanese feel 'happy,' 3rd lowest rate among 30 countries: survey TOKYO -- Only 57 percent of Japanese people feel they are happy, the third lowest rate among 30 countries surveyed, a report by French public opinion research firm Ipsos S.A. has revealed.😱😱😱 The "Global Happiness 2024" report also found that the rate in Japan is on a downward trend, dropping by 13 percentage points from 70% in 2011. Ipsos K.K., the Japanese arm of the company, commented, "Japan is not alone in this downward trend in happiness. It may be due to political distrust, conflicts, natural disasters and the spread of the coronavirus."🤔🤔🤔 (Japanese original by Yuta Hiratsuka, Digital News Group) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆕 Finance News ✅@money 🇺🇸 US News @america 🇯🇵 Japan News @japan 🇦🇪 UAE News @dubai ▶️ Popular Movies @videos ⭐ Viral Video @viral 😜 Best Funny Video @funnys 🗝 Free Proxy Mtproto @vpns 💬 Free ChatGPT AI @AIGO ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

Event to deepen Sino-Japanese exchanges on “Dragon Boat” Guangdong Province, China An event was held in southern China's Guangdong province where employees of Japanese companies expanding into China and local government officials rowed dragon boats shaped like dragons to deepen ties with each other.👍👍👍 Dragon boating is an ancient Chinese sport of rowing boats in unison, and is practiced in many parts of China.😄😄😄 We heard comments from participants such as, ``It was my first time participating, but I think it was very meaningful to deepen our friendships,'' and ``It was really nice to be able to praise each other after the event.'' I did.🥳🥳🥳 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆕 Finance News ✅@money 🇺🇸 US News @america 🇯🇵 Japan News @japan 🇦🇪 UAE News @dubai ▶️ Popular Movies @videos ⭐ Viral Video @viral 😜 Best Funny Video @funnys 🗝 Free Proxy Mtproto @vpns 💬 Free ChatGPT AI @AIGO ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

Judo: Japan wins 7th straight world championships mixed team gold TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan continued its unbeaten run in judo world championships mixed team events on Friday by securing its seventh straight gold medal since 2017.🎉🎉🎉 In the 13-nation tournament comprised of teams with three men and three women each, Japan beat Germany 4-0 in the quarterfinals and Uzbekistan 4-1 in the semifinals before downing France by the same score in the final in Abu Dhabi.🥳🥳🥳 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆕 Finance News ✅@money 🇺🇸 US News @america 🇯🇵 Japan News @japan 🇦🇪 UAE News @dubai ▶️ Popular Movies @videos ⭐ Viral Video @viral 😜 Best Funny Video @funnys 🗝 Free Proxy Mtproto @vpns 💬 Free ChatGPT AI @AIGO ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

144 customer assaults on private train staff in FY 2023: Japan assoc. TOKYO -- Fiscal 2023 saw 144 incidents in which users of Japan's private railways assaulted station staff and train crew, the Japan Private Railway Association announced on May 21.🤔🤔🤔 It was the third straight year for the figure to increase. The association, comprising 16 major railway operators across the country, commented, "This could be related to the fact there are more opportunities for people to drink and go out as the coronavirus situation has settled down."🙄🙄🙄 The association surveyed its member rail companies, finding that the alleged perpetrators in 88 of the incidents, or 60%, were under the influence of alcohol. 🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤷‍♂ (Japanese original by Minori Nagaya, Tokyo Bureau) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆕 Finance News ✅@money 🇺🇸 US News @america 🇯🇵 Japan News @japan 🇦🇪 UAE News @dubai ▶️ Popular Movies @videos ⭐ Viral Video @viral 😜 Best Funny Video @funnys 🗝 Free Proxy Mtproto @vpns 💬 Free ChatGPT AI @AIGO ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

Double good luck? Sapporo man finds 'very rare' 8-leaf clover, dedicates it to late wife Part-time worker Yuichi Sasaki called the Mainichi Shimbun in mid-May, saying, "I found a rare eight-leaf clover." He continued, "I called because I wanted to share my happiness with everyone."🥳🥳🥳 When this reporter visited Sasaki's home, the white clover with its leaves -- a small one and seven large ones -- tightly overlapped was in a glass. He smiled and said, "I was surprised."😍😍😍 Sasaki displays his collection of four- and five-leafed clovers in front of the photos of his wife Keiko, who passed away two years ago. He explained, "I want to please my wife, who loved plants." ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥 (Japanese original by Karen Goto, Hokkaido News Department) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆕 Finance News ✅@money 🇺🇸 US News @america 🇯🇵 Japan News @japan 🇦🇪 UAE News @dubai ▶️ Popular Movies @videos ⭐ Viral Video @viral 😜 Best Funny Video @funnys 🗝 Free Proxy Mtproto @vpns 💬 Free ChatGPT AI @AIGO ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

Easy Japanese news in translation: Path of light appears at Expo Osaka site LED light bulbs of a large, symbolic roof structure called the "Ring" were tested at the venue of "Expo Osaka, Kansai" on Yumeshima island in Osaka on the evening of May 21. The Ring is about 2 kilometers round. It is made from about 26,000 cubic meters of wood and will be one of the world's largest wooden structures. When 230 LED light bulbs were turned on, a path of light appeared in the dark night.🤩🤩🤩 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🆕 Finance News ✅@money 🇺🇸 US News @america 🇯🇵 Japan News @japan 🇦🇪 UAE News @dubai ▶️ Popular Movies @videos ⭐ Viral Video @viral 😜 Best Funny Video @funnys 🗝 Free Proxy Mtproto @vpns 💬 Free ChatGPT AI @AIGO ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖