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About 3 kilometers of disused tunnel in Kobe is going to be used for what under a coming lease agreement?

Moves to restrict private lodgings are emerging across Japan because of growing friction with local residents. Authorities ...

The government of this east Japan city has partnered with The Nippon Foundation to develop a model for supporting people with ...

Japanese casual clothing retailer Uniqlo said it will raise the average selling price of its products by about 4 percent.

The temple has a legend about a cat that remained loyal to its master. Nagai Motofusa, a retainer of Mori Terumoto (1553-1625 ...

North Korea threatened Monday to resume propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts and deploy more weapons along the border with Sou ...

A Japanese spacecraft rocketed toward Mars on Tuesday on an unprecedented quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring ...

Malatang is a Chinese soup dish. It uses Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers. It can make the mouth feel numb and hot. In ...

Gianni Infantino's campaign for re-election as FIFA president is set to move this week to Japan and a meeting scheduled for ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday voiced hope for the possibility of a trilateral meeting on "denuclearization" with ...

Kazuaki was a second-year junior high school student when he sat across an acrylic partition from Satoshi Uematsu, the man ...