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Japan asks young people why they are not marrying amid population crisis
Consultation launched as surveys show people have little chance to meet partners and worry about high cost of …
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Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman keeping a music tradition alive
Goze – women who earned a living as musicians despite sight impairments – are all but forgotten in Japan but R…
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The songs of the goze: Rieko Hirosawa keeps tradition alive in Japan – video
Rieko Hirosawa, who herself is blind, has learned how to play the shamisen and sing the songs of the goze, bli…
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Japanese gymnastics star Shoko Miyata sent home from Olympics for smoking
Smoking is illegal for anyone under 20 in JapanMiyata was an outside chance for medal in ParisShoko Miyata, th…