Red spider lilies are in full bloom and delighting visitors of Butsuryu-ji temple in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture. The ...

Snack maker Yaokin, based in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, announced on September 24 that it will raise the price of "Umaibo" from 12 ...

On September 22, in the town of Yuasa, Wakayama Prefecture, an event called "Arida area's blessings experience festival," ...

Most tatami mats are a natural golden color, but those made by Mitsuru Yokoyama may be jade green, pink or even black.

"Japan's biggest taro stew festival" took place in the city of Yamagata on September 15. A huge pot was filled with local ...

Japanese players are moving to English football in record numbers and more look set to follow with clubs ... "The players ...

The Asahi Shimbun announced on March 1 the launch of the digital version of its weekly English-teaching newspaper, which is marking its 50th anniversary this year. Generations of Japanese learning ...

Remez, 24, a fledgling medical doctor studying at Juntendo University, is among the 2,291 Ukrainians who have moved to Japan since the war with Russia began a year ago. “It’s ridiculous.

Japan's government and people cheered the record trophy haul for period drama "Shogun" at the Emmy Awards as yet another win ...

At NHK STRL, we have been researching and developing a Japanese-English AI (artificial intelligence) translation system for news in order to support the production of English news for NHK’s ...

TOKYO/SHENZHEN, China - A Japanese boy was stabbed by a man while on his way to school in a southern Chinese city on Wednesday morning and taken to a local hospital, the Japanese and Chinese ...

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