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Upstream along the Ichijō River, which flows through the Asakura Clan Ruins, lies Ichijō Falls, where a majestic stream of water cascades 17 meters. This site is known as the place where the Great Master Taichō enshrined Hakusan Daigongen and founded Takisuizan Jōkyō-ji Temple; it is also said to be where Sasaki Kojirō devised the “Swallow Return” sword technique.
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Scientists hope Martian material collected will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth
Japan has successfully launched a spacecraft on an unprecedented mission to bring back samples from one of Mars’s moons that scientists hope will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.
The Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) spacecraft, propelled by Japan’s flagship H3 rocket, lifted off before dawn from Tanegashima island in the country’s far south-west, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) said.
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The man accused of attacking Helen Haines allegedly made a U-turn before ramming the independent MP twice in what some believed may be a targeted attack near her electorate office, according to eyewitnesses.
The independent MP remains in a critical condition after being airlifted from Wangaratta in northern Victoria to Melbourne’s Alfred hospital for emergency surgery on Monday night.
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