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At Ueno Station, ‘Freedom’ restored

Tokyo / Kagawa Pref. – When a sign reading “‘Freedom’ under restoration appeared in Ueno Station last year, it struck a chord online, drawing millions of views. The phrase’s layered meaning helped propel its spread, but it also drew renewed attention to an easily overlooked postwar mural that…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1474839/at-ueno-station-freedom-restored/ At Ueno Station, ‘Freedom’ restored #GenichiroInokuma #Japan #JapanNews #JREast #news #paintings #rail #Showa #TaitoWard #Tokyo #Ueno Tokyo / Kagawa Pref. – When a sign reading “‘Freedom’ under restoration appeared in Ueno Station last year, it struck a chord online, drawing millions of views. The phrase’s layered meaning helped propel its spread, but it also drew renewed attention to an easily overlooked postwar mural that has watched over t

Once known as Tokyo’s secret slum, the working-class neighborhood of Sanya is making a comeback thanks to the efforts of a nonprofit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/04/28/issues/sanya-cafe-yoshihira/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #sanya #taitoward #arakawaward #shitamachi #homeless #tokyohomeless #workingclass

Once known as Tokyo’s secret slum, the working-class neighborhood of Sanya is making a comeback thanks to the efforts of a nonprofit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/04/28/issues/sanya-cafe-yoshihira/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #sanya #taitoward #arakawaward #shitamachi #homeless #tokyohomeless #workingclass

https://www.alojapan.com/1243323/manhunt-underway-after-attempted-robbery-of-gold-in-ueno/ Manhunt underway after attempted robbery of gold in Ueno #AttemptedRobbery #news #TaitoWard #Tokyo #TokyoNews #Ueno #東京 #東京都 TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police are searching for two men who used a motorcycle to attempt to rob on a third man of gold bars on a street in Ueno, on Thursday. Around 10:30 a.m., a passervby called 110 to report that a scuffle had broken out on a street near a jewelry store. …