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Japan elementary school teacher sacked for allegedly possessing 500 child porn videos
(Mainichi/Mari Tago) SAGA -- A 37-year-old teacher at an elementary school in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, was handed disciplinary dismissal May 27 for allegedly possessing about 500 child ...
The Japanese city where cats with hooked and bent tails are thought to bring good luck
In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck, and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent-tail cats)” or “kagi neko (hook cats)” and have their own society of ...
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Nagasaki’s bobtail cats considered lucky charms
However, Abigail Tarraso, an artist from Spain based in Takeo City in neighboring Saga Prefecture, was unfamiliar with the species, which is not as popular in Spain. “Today is the first time in ...
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Easy Japanese news in translation: Traditional horseback event held in Fukushima Prefecture
"Soma Nomaoi," a traditional event in the Soma region of Fukushima Prefecture with a history of over 1,000 years, was held from May 24 to 26. Warriors in armor and helmets on horseback walked ...
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Cats with hooked and bent tails fill Nagasaki, Japan, where they are thought to bring good luck
But Abigail Tarraso, an artist from Spain based in Takeo City in neighboring Saga prefecture, was unfamiliar with the species, which is not as popular in Spain. “Today is the first time in ...
Daily Journal6d
In Japan, rare bobtail cats are considered good luck. Nagasaki is filled with them
But Abigail Tarraso, an artist from Spain based in Takeo City in neighboring Saga prefecture, was unfamiliar with the species, which is not as popular in Spain. “Today is the first time in ...