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The Japan Meteorological Agency 日本気象庁;
blossom 開花;

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The cherry blossoms have already started to open in Tokyo. The Japan Meteorological Agency checked a special tree inside Yasukuni Shrine last Sunday and said that the blossoms had started to open there. Other early prefectures include Hiroshima and Fukuoka, but here in Nagoya we are still waiting. The Japan Meteorological Agency checked the special tree in Nagoya yesterday, but none of the blossoms were open. Today we might have better luck. One thing is for sure. By the end of the month, the whole of Japan will be pink! (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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wild boar イノシシ;

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I saw a report about a special Japanese robot on a U.S. news program the other day. Japan has problems with wild animals. Bears come into towns looking for food, and they sometimes attack people. Deer and wild boar don’t attack people, but they are a bigger problem for farmers. They go into fields and eat up the vegetables. Now, people are fighting back with a robot called “Super Monster Wolf.” It looks like a wolf. When it sees wild animals, its eyes turn red, and it makes scary sounds. It seems to work. People haven’t seen any wild animals since they started using it. (by Douglas Jarrell)
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