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Mysterious bamboo regeneration baffles scientists ahead of once-in-a-century blooming event
By Jacklin Kwan published
Henon bamboo flowers only once every 120 years then vanishes for years, and researchers have no idea how it regenerates.
Fukushima nuclear power plant is now pumping wastewater into the Pacific Ocean
By Sascha Pare published
The International Atomic Energy Agency — the UN's atomic watchdog — has said the release meets international safety standards with a "negligible radiological impact."
Hirota people of Japan intentionally deformed infant skulls 1,800 years ago
By Harry Baker published
The Hirota people, who occupied a Japanese island for around 400 years, deliberately flattened the back of their children's heads. And experts are not entirely sure why.
Deadly swarm of earthquakes in Japan caused by magma moving through extinct volcano
By Stephanie Pappas published
Over 10,000 earthquakes have hit the Noto Peninsula over the last three years. They are believed to be emanating from an long-dead volcano, with fluids pushing through the collapsed system.
Dolphins terrorize and bite beachgoers in Japan — for the 2nd year in a row
By Sascha Pare published
Four separate incidents on a beach in Fukui prefecture on July 16 echo a string of attacks in the same region last year that may have been perpetrated by a single Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin.
Ethereal ice swirls dance around Arctic peninsula in stunning new satellite image
By Harry Baker published
NASA's Aqua satellite spotted giant ice swirls stretching for hundreds of miles in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's P'yagina Peninsula.
NASA uncovers shattered remains of Japanese lunar lander that mysteriously disappeared on April 25
By Joanna Thompson published
Japan's private Hakuto-R spacecraft broke into at least four large pieces of debris, according to new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Days before dying, Japan's lunar lander snaps glorious photo of Earth during a total solar eclipse
By Joanna Thompson published
Japan's Hakuto-R lander may have crashed on the moon, but the spacecraft still sent back valuable images.
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