Shirakawa-go settlement in the central Japan village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, during a fire

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The prefectural government filed a damage report with prefectural police's Kamo Police Station on the same day.... The theft surfaced when a resident reported the steel plates missing on the morning of Sept.... Pylons were placed along the stretch of newly exposed ditch as a safety measure....

TOKYO--Vending machines at the Main Press Center for the Tokyo Games set up as a measure to prevent coronavirus infections are attracting attention for their unique Olympic goods.... According to a sales representative, the vending machines were installed so that people can purchase items even when the shop is closed, and as a way to limit infections by having customers not directly deal with store clerks.... However, as the vending machines occasionally beguile people, stickers were put on th