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Rice is in short supply at supermarkets in Japan. During late August, an NHK crew visited a store in Tokyo that usually sells about 10 varieties. But all it had in stock were 16 bags of a single ...

The National Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA) commemorated World Tourism Day by hosting a conference today.