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Popular tourist attraction in Japan faces huge fee hike

The tourist fee is set to be six times higher than the price for Japanese visitors.

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Cherry blossom time or Sakura at Himeji Castle is the largest and most visited castle in Japan, and it was registered in 1993 as one of the first UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the country. The area within the middle moat of the castle complex is a designated Special Historic Site and five structures of the castle are also designated National Treasures.

Popular Aussie holiday destination rocked by earthquake

The latest quake came as the region is still recovering from a tremor in January that left 241 people dead.

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New earthquakes have struck the same region in Japan where a massive quake struck in January. (AP PHOTO)

World-famous tourist attraction to restrict visitors

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Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an icon of Japan, is putting new regulations in place for climbers amid concerns about overcrowding.

Ukrainian-born Miss Japan relinquishes crown following affair with married man

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Karolina Shiino.

Tragic twist after five people killed in plane crash on Japan runway

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Experts stress it usually takes the failure of multiple safety guardrails for an plane accident to happen.

Tsunami alert as 6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan

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Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after an earthquake struck near its outlying islands.