Papercraft Pantry is hosting a Lunar New Year festival Sunday with a vendor market and live performances. The chances of these prehistoric mysteries ever being solved are slim to none. Welcome to ...

Japan's traditional papercraft, origami, has come to be used in engineering, as researchers observe insects and other specimens to develop "crease patterns" that can be utilized in diverse fields.

Forget Charmin, Cottonelle, or Quilted Northern. In Japan, there’s a new toilet paper roll on shelves, and it’s nothing like the others. The Shibushi Osaki Roll is the world’s first toilet paper made ...

Of the elementary and junior high school principals across Japan who responded to the survey, 95% said they want to use both forms of textbook. The survey was conducted online between late November ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Thursday ...

In late December Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi visited China, where he took part in a series of meetings with his counterpart Wang Yi and other Chinese officials. The trip gave the ...

In an innovative step to protect the environment and declining “paper supplies,” Japan launched the world’s first eco-friendly toilet paper made from used diapers. According to KNews, in an initiative ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

TOKYO – Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan in 2024, figures showed on Jan 15, as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the “bucket list” destination despite overcrowding complaints ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Workers in southwestern Japan on Tuesday worked to clear a road blocked by a small landslide and repair ...

Currently available in seven retail locations in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, the paper is enthusiastically seen as an environmentally friendly alternative for the island nation’s ...