May 18, 2025

Ainu Dances Performed at Osaka Expo

Osaka, May 17 (Jiji Press)--Traditional dances of the Ainu indigenous ethnic group in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, were performed on Saturday at the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western city of Osaka.

Trial of Shinzo Abe's Assassin May Begin in Oct.

Nara, May 17 (Jiji Press)--The trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, may begin this October, it has been learned.

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