A scenic playground recently opened atop the 622-meter Mount Sarakura in this southwest Japan city's Yahatahigashi Ward, ...

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Nintendo received 2.2 million applications for the lottery sale Switch 2 will succeed the eight-year-old Switch In Japan, the console will sell for 49,980 yen ($350) ...

A boy, 13, was injured at a theme park after he was thrown out of his seat while riding a 360° swing. The teen, with the initials RDP,went on the ride at the Jawa Timur Park 1 in Batla ...

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