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Rural Women In India, Elderly In Japan Open Their Homes To Airbnb Guests
Mobile apps that help women in the Indian countryside and tiny villages in Japan to open their homes to visitors from across the world are generating incomes, revitalising remote communities and helping to curb migration to cities.
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Wild Boars Charge Into Japanese School, Disrupt Exams, Take A Dip In Pool
Two wild boars caused pandemonium at a Japanese school by charging into classes and even taking a dip in the school pool, forcing pupils to interrupt their exams. Wild boars have increasingly been sighted in cities near Japan's mountainous countryside, as observers say over-development has deprived them of their habitat.
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Japan's Bullet Train Hits Half Century
Fifty years ago, the first bullet train pulled out of Tokyo station and hurtled across the countryside, heralding Japan's arrival as a modern economic powerhouse with a transport system soon to become the envy of the world.
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Japan to offer bullet train with footbath
Japan's super-speed bullet train is to offer passengers a chance to soothe their tired feet as they zip through the countryside, in a carriage equipped with footbaths.
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Rural Women In India, Elderly In Japan Open Their Homes To Airbnb Guests
Mobile apps that help women in the Indian countryside and tiny villages in Japan to open their homes to visitors from across the world are generating incomes, revitalising remote communities and helping to curb migration to cities.
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Wild Boars Charge Into Japanese School, Disrupt Exams, Take A Dip In Pool
Two wild boars caused pandemonium at a Japanese school by charging into classes and even taking a dip in the school pool, forcing pupils to interrupt their exams. Wild boars have increasingly been sighted in cities near Japan's mountainous countryside, as observers say over-development has deprived them of their habitat.
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Japan's Bullet Train Hits Half Century
Fifty years ago, the first bullet train pulled out of Tokyo station and hurtled across the countryside, heralding Japan's arrival as a modern economic powerhouse with a transport system soon to become the envy of the world.
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Japan to offer bullet train with footbath
Japan's super-speed bullet train is to offer passengers a chance to soothe their tired feet as they zip through the countryside, in a carriage equipped with footbaths.
