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Our Ancestors From 40,000 Years Ago

What kind of people looked like and how did they use them? Stone tools from the Paleolithic period, about 42,300 years ago, were discovered at the Kanmuri ruins in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Until now, stone tools from about 37,000 years ago excavated at the Ishinomoto ruins in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto City, were considered to be among the oldest, but this was discovered 5,000 years earlier.Read Article

Hiroshima Prefecture · Hiroshima Prefecture

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' "New Transportation System" Unveiled: What Are Its Capabilities? No Overhead Lines Means Significant Cost Savings, Where Can It Be Introduced?

"That's it." The attendant pointed to a white vehicle shining in the sunlight. Beyond that was the blue Seto Inland Sea. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Mihara Plant in Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. This is the base of the company's mobility business and where vehicles are manufactured...Read Article

Nippon Steel · Hiroshima Prefecture

Mayor of Kure Announces Acceptance of Complex Defense Base on Former Nippon Steel Site; Will Request Early Construction From National Government: Asahi Shimbun

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Mayor Yoshiaki Niihara formally expressed his intention to accept the Ministry of Defense's plan to develop a "multifunctional complex defense base" on the former site of the Nippon Steel Setouchi Steelworks Kure District (Nippon Steel Kure) in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, at a city council meeting on the 16th. The expansion of employment and exchange population...Read Article

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Why did samurai wear topknots and tufts of hair? In the beginning, it was a bloody and painful practice to pluck out each hair one by one.

At the end of the Edo period, foreigners who came to Japan were said to have been surprised when they saw Japanese men in topknots, saying, "Wow, what's up with those guys! They've got pistols on their heads!" They had carefully shaved only the top of their heads, and on top of that there was a stick of black hair - a pistol - which must certainly look strange even to us today. But how did such a bizarre hairstyle come about? The most primitive …Hiroshima Prefecture · Hiroshima PrefectureRead Article

On-site inspections of post offices across Japan: Transport Bureau and inappropriate roll call issues (Kyodo News)

Regarding the issue of Japan Post's inappropriate roll call procedures to check whether delivery personnel were under the influence of alcohol, the Regional Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism conducted on-site inspections at post offices in various regions on the 7th, in accordance with the Trucking Business Act. The Chugoku Transport Bureau conducted inspections at the Onomichi Post Office (Onomichi …Hiroshima Prefecture · Hiroshima PrefectureRead Article

The 54-year life of Ashikaga Takauji, the first shogun of the Muromachi shogunate: the charismatic life full of ups and downs

April 30th, 1358 (the 13th year of Shohei and the 3rd year of Enbun) is the day that Ashikaga Takauji, the first Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, died. Just when it seemed he had brought about the downfall of the Kamakura Shogunate, he ran around wildly from place to place over the Southern and Northern Courts issue and his sibling's quarrel, founded the Muromachi Shogunate, and was even counted for a time as one of the "Three Villains of Japa…Hiroshima Prefecture · Hiroshima PrefectureRead Article

Shinkansen services halted in western Japan after train hits person

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Shinkansen bullet train services in western Japan are halted after a person was hit by a train in Hiroshima Prefecture, JR West said.Asia · Hiroshima PrefectureSee the Story

Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony Honors 80 Years of Reflection, Healing, and Friendship

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan – On April 3, 2025, U.S. Marines and Sailors from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni joined local residents in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, to mark the 80th anniversary of a tragic World War II aircraft crash. Together, they honored a moment in history that has since become a powerful symbol of reconciliation and shared humanity.Hiroshima Prefecture · Hiroshima PrefectureRead Article

Five NTT Group Companies and Biome Inc. Start Joint Development of Large-scale Estimation Technology for Vegetation and Organisms using Satellite Image Data – DIR HONGKONG

TOKYO, Mar 31, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NTT Corporation, Biome Inc., NTT Com, NTT COMWARE, NTT DATA and NTT DOCOMO announced today that they have jointly begun developing technology enabling the large-scale estimation*1 of vegetation*2 and biological organisms through remote sensing*3. By combining NTT Group’s assets, including satellite image data analysis technology,*4 with Biome’s real-time “BiomeDB” database of organisms, on…Hiroshima Prefecture · Hiroshima PrefectureSee the Story

Ministry of Defense to build drone manufacturing facility in Kure, Hiroshima; Former Nippon Steel site to become "multifunctional complex defense base"

On the 31st, the Ministry of Defense announced its intention to set up a manufacturing and maintenance facility for surface-based drones and other drones at a "multifunctional complex defense base" planned for development on the site of the former Nippon Steel Corporation Setouchi Steelworks in Kure (Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture). The ministry plans to attract companies engaged in advanced research related to defense equipment and to set up r…Nippon Steel · Hiroshima PrefectureRead Article

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