A Japanese white-eye, also known as Mejiro, drinks the nectar of a cherry blossom in Tokyo on March 23. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — People across Japan are celebrating the peak cherry blossom viewing season this week without COVID-19 restrictions in place for the first time in two years. […]

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