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Tea ceremony classes in Japan are bearing the brunt of an acute shortage of matcha as a recent global boom in green tea has ...

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Koriyama Castle is a fortified area located in Koriyama, a town in the northwestern corner of the Yamato province. It'll be south of the Koriyama Forest Viewpoint and just west of the Koriyama ...

New York City Socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor in a midnight ceremony by New York Attorney General Letitia James. "This is truly the honor and the privilege of a ...

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