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If the statue of the famous dog Hachiko draws the crowd in Tokyo’s Shibuya (train) station, there’s a “hero” cat in Wakayama City that transformed the once “insignificant” Kishi Train Station into a major tourist attraction.

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You don’t immediately think of Osaka when you think “Japan.” True, it is the country’s third largest city (behind Tokyo and Yokohama) but that just means it tries harder.

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A 34-year-old Japanese man wanted in his own country for car theft has recently been deported to Japan Wednesday, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said yesterday.

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Rescuers in Japan dug through mud-caked debris and searched the banks of swollen rivers Monday for those missing in a powerful typhoon that left at least 25 people dead, the latest disaster for a country still recovering from a calamitous tsunami six months ago.

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TOKYO (AP) – A powerful typhoon slammed into Japan on Thursday, causing widespread damage and flooding as it swept across the country. One man died and several were reported injured from the storm.

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If the statue of the famous dog Hachiko draws the crowd in Tokyo’s Shibuya (train) station, there’s a “hero” cat in Wakayama City that transformed the once “insignificant” Kishi Train Station into a major tourist attraction.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135124 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1447204 [AuthorName] => Lai S. Reyes [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/travel-and-tourism/20150315/Tour/Tama-the-Cat.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1020421 [Title] => Japan’s other wonderlands [Summary] =>

You don’t immediately think of Osaka when you think “Japan.” True, it is the country’s third largest city (behind Tokyo and Yokohama) but that just means it tries harder.

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A 34-year-old Japanese man wanted in his own country for car theft has recently been deported to Japan Wednesday, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said yesterday.

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Rescuers in Japan dug through mud-caked debris and searched the banks of swollen rivers Monday for those missing in a powerful typhoon that left at least 25 people dead, the latest disaster for a country still recovering from a calamitous tsunami six months ago.

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TOKYO (AP) – A powerful typhoon slammed into Japan on Thursday, causing widespread damage and flooding as it swept across the country. One man died and several were reported injured from the storm.

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