Snow-covered thatched houses at World Heritage village in central Japan lit up
An illumination event at a UNESCO World Heritage-listed settlement in this central Japan village began on Jan. 13, lighting ...
Japan's oldest person, 115-year-old woman, has 36 great-grandchildren and still eats well
The oldest person in Japan, 115-year-old Okagi Hayashi of Toki, Gifu Prefecture, still has a good appetite, and at a ...
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Groundwater drying up in Gifu near work for maglev tunnel
MIZUNAMI, Gifu Prefecture—Water in wells and reservoirs ... where a maglev station is expected to be built, and Nagoya, capital of neighboring Aichi Prefecture. Construction of a 7.4-kilometer ...
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Tunnel collapse causes first death related to maglev train project
Gifu prefectural police are looking into the ... Maglev trains are expected to connect Tokyo and Nagoya in just 40 minutes, less than half the time of the current bullet train services.
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New bullet train project hits the buffers
The route between Shinagawa and Nagoya was drawn in a practically straight ... Shizuoka, Nagano, Gifu and Aichi. The budget for the entire project is about $85 billion. About one-third of that ...
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Gujo-Hachiman: Dancing the Night Away
For more than 400 years, it has been held for 30 nights from July to September in Gujo-Hachiman, a village located deep in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture ... Shinkansen to Nagoya with a transfer ...