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Nishijinori, the intricate weaving for kimonos that dates back more than a thousand years in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto ...
CheapInsurance.com reports the U.S. can learn from Japan's aging population solutions, from eldercare to inclusive community design, to better adapt.
While exploring rural Japan, I found what looked like a dream gone wrong: an abandoned Vector supercar. Whispers around the area suggested it once belonged to a powerful Yakuza figure. In this ...
Japan has made a huge push for its citizens to recycle, which is another reason for the small sizes of trash cans.
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he “never had to buy rice ...
The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it is known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight ...
China also has a strategic reserve of the country’s favorite meat, pork, to deal with emergencies and stabilize prices when necessary. In Japan, the first batch of 150,000 tons of rice went ...
The influx of Japanese players on the Dodgers' roster has allowed the Okinawa-born Dave Roberts to reconnect with his background, and now he's poised to guide his team in a season-opening series ...
This was the dawn of Japan’s “bullet train” era, widely regarded as the defining symbol of the country’s astonishing recovery from the trauma of World War II. In tandem with the 1964 Tokyo ...
Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s prime minister has demanded an explanation from Beijing over the fatal stabbing of a schoolboy in the second knife attack on Japanese children in China in ...
Japan Tobacco acquires Vector Group in $2.4 billion deal, expanding presence in U.S. tobacco market.
The planned purchase of Vector's traditional cigarette brands is intriguing in part because Japan Tobacco has one of the top global heated cigarette brands on Ploom.