The Diet's debate over making high ... school students in the capital. This fiscal year, it has removed income restrictions. Osaka Prefecture, led by Hirofumi Yoshimura of Nippon Ishin (Japan ...

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Instruments of a Beating Heart” follows a group of first graders in Japan who form an orchestra to play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” as part of a welcoming ceremony for the incoming class of 6-year-olds.

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FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- As a ferry with decorative taiko drums on its hull eases into the port of Iojima, a tiny island in southwestern Japan ... medium and high pitch staccato rhythms, similar ...