Kyoto seeks to guard geishas from tourist ‘paparazzi’
By Fred Mery KYOTO, Japan, March 11, 2024 (AFP) - Kyoto is cracking down after locals complained that Instagram-obsessed tourist…
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Climbers to pay $13 fee on popular Mount Fuji trail
Hikers using the most popular route to climb Japan's Mount Fuji will be charged $13 each from July, with numbers…
9 months ago
Archeologists probe mysterious Canadian shipwreck
A shipwreck believed to date from the 19th century has washed up on the snow-covered shores of Canada's Atlantic island…
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AI reads ancient scroll buried by Vesuvius eruption
Three researchers on Monday won a $700,000 prize for using artificial intelligence to read a 2,000-year-old scroll that was scorched…
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Deep sea explorer says may have found Amelia Earhart’s plane
A deep sea exploration company has released a sonar image they say may be the remains of the plane of…
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Royal Caribbean’s ‘Icon,’ world’s largest cruise ship, sets sail
The world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, set sail from Miami on its maiden voyage Saturday,…
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Big in Japan: country’s tallest skyscraper opens in Tokyo
Japan's new tallest building opened in Tokyo on Friday, taking the title from an Osaka skyscraper. The 330-metre-high Azabudai Hills…
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Venice to launch tourist tickets in 2024
Venice announced on Thursday that it would introduce a fee for day tourists to enter the city's overcrowded historic centre…
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120 incubator babies at risk after Israel cuts Gaza fuel: UN
By Rosie Scammell The lives of at least 120 newborn babies on incubators in war-torn Gaza's hospitals are at risk…
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How a Bronze Age rock became a ‘treasure map’ for researchers
By Antoine AGASSE LEUHAN, France, Oct 17, 2023 (AFP) - A piece of rock with mysterious markings that lay largely…
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