The trend has excited local residents, with an expectation of regional development. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

The nearby Noshiro Basketball Library and Museum that displays “Slam Dunk”-related items attracted 589 foreign tourists in fiscal 2023, or 5.5 times more than in fiscal 2019.

Nobody needs to be reminded today of the astounding precision and accuracy of his completed map of Japan. Nevertheless, I was stunned anew to learn that until as recently as the Showa Era (1926 ...

Japan’s reputational rebirth began partly at a shoe company in the 1970s when designer Yuko Shimizu’s drawing of a white cat with a bow on her ear changed the course of Japanese history.

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

The photos of asteroid Ryugu were taken by Japan's Hayabusa2 unmanned asteroid ... The team, including university project researcher Yuta Shimizu and professor Hideaki Miyamoto, hopes to apply ...

Alphabet's Waymo said it sent 25 Jaguar I-PACE robotaxis to begin mapping out the streets of Tokyo through a partnership with ...

China, Japan, South Korea Will Jointly Respond to ... John Geddie in Tokyo and Ritsuko Shimizu in Tokyo; Editing by Sharon Singleton and Jamie Freed) ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...