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FIRST PASSENGERS ON JAPANESE MAGLEV TRAIN TRAVEL AT SPEEDS OF 311 MPH
Japan's reputation for high-speed rail started in 1964 with the unveiling of its first bullet train coinciding with the Summer Olympics... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN DO IN JAPAN ON CAT DAY
The event began in 1987 after an Executive Cat Day Committee polled cat-lovers across Japan and decided that February 22 should be Cat Day... READ MORE›
OSAKA'S ANCIENT BURIAL MOUNDS EYED FOR WORLD HERITAGE STATUS BUT CLEAR EXPLANATIONS ELUDE
The government's decision in late July to nominate a group of 49 ancient burial sites in southern Osaka Prefecture for UNESCO World Heritage status has rai... READ MORE›
MOUNT FUJI GETS FREE WI-FI IN BID TO DRAW MORE VISITORS
The initiative is aimed at attracting more overseas visitors to Shizuoka and Yamanashi the two prefectures that are home to Mount Fuji... READ MORE›
PARROT PICKS JAPAN TO DEFEAT U.S. IN WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL
She was on the money in predicting Japan would beat Switzerland, Cameroon, Ecuador, Netherlands, Australia and England in Canada... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO RESIDENTS PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING KYUSHU'S STRONGEST QUAKE
It was just like the Great Hanshin Earthquake or the Great East Japan Earthquake... READ MORE›
JAPANESE SUSHI CHAIN PAYS $117,000 FOR A TUNA. YES, ONE TUNA.
Sushi Zanmai, a Japanese restaurant chain, just paid 117,000 for a 441-pound bluefin tuna... READ MORE›
AOMORI, NOT KYOTO, IS JAPAN'S TOP FESTIVAL DESTINATION
Aomori, not Kyoto, is Japan's top festival destination online survey... READ MORE›
TAXI DRIVERS SEE 'GHOSTS' AFTER TSUNAMI
Post to Facebook Taxi drivers see 'ghosts' after tsunami Many swear they had eerie encounters... READ MORE›
AFTER CONCESSION TO SEOUL ON FORCED LABOR MEIJI INDUSTRIAL SITES ADDED TO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
At meeting June 21 of their foreign ministers, Japan and South Korea reached a basic agreement to cooperate on heritage listings of each other's sites... READ MORE›
NAGOYA GROUP LOOKS TO SPREAD JUMP ROPE 'CULTURE' TO THE WORLD
After the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes last April, the group visited evacuation shelters in the area and distributed 200 jump ropes to cheer the children up... READ MORE›
TEBBIT WANTS EU MIGRANTS TO BE ASSESSED BY WHO THEIR FAMILY FOUGHT FOR IN WORLD WAR II
The Yomiuri has for months castigated its liberal archrival, The Asahi Shimbun, over mistakes in its reporting on sexual abuses by the Japanese military during World War II... READ MORE›
WORLD'S OLDEST MAN DIES IN JAPAN AT 112
The world's oldest man, Yasutaro Koide, died Tuesday at the age of 112 in Aichi Prefecture, a local official said... READ MORE›
CONSERVATIVE FIREBRAND HYAKUTA STICKS TO HIS GUNS, HARDENS STANCE AGAINST OKINAWA, OTHER NEWSPAPERS
Naoki Hyakuta, a conservative novelist who is in hot water over his recent remarks calling for destroying two Okinawan newspapers, has hardened his stanc... READ MORE›
JAPANESE ARCHITECT GROUP PUSHES FOR YOYOGI NATIONAL GYMNASIUM TO GET WORLD HERITAGE LISTING
If Tange's work is registered, he would be the first Japanese architect whose work will be included on the World Heritage list, Maki said... READ MORE›
JAPAN EVACUATES 100,000 AS FLOODS SWAMP CITY OF JOSO
Raging floodwaters swamp parts of city north of tokyo after heavy rain pummels japan for second straight day causing kinugawa river to break through flood berm... READ MORE›
ILLINOIS MAN MAY BE THE MOST TRAVELED PERSON IN THE WORLD
In addition to plugging away at the MTP and TBT lists, Parrish wants to tackle all 1,052 UNESCO World Heritage Sites... READ MORE›
FIVE YEARS AFTER DEVASTATING TSUNAMI, JAPAN PAUSES TO REMEMBER
Flags flew at half-mast. The coverage in the Japanese media has been tear-jerking... READ MORE›
UNESCO DECIDES TO ADD MEIJI INDUSTRIAL SITES TO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
BONN - The UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Sunday decided to approve Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution for addition to the World Cultural Heritage list... READ MORE›
HIGH-SPEED CLEANING TEAMS BEHIND JAPAN'S HIGH-SPEED BULLET TRAINS
Her visit was masterminded by Dateline Tokyo an initiative created by Tokyo Metropolitan Government to promote Tokyo and its culture of Japanese hospitality known as omotenashi... READ MORE›
IPHONE APP AIMS TO SELL SAKE TO THE WORLD
An iPhone app that can recognize sake labels and display information in Japanese and English on everything from alcohol content to recommended ways of drin... READ MORE›
JR TOKAI HAS FASTEST MAGLEV IN THE WORLD
Central Japan Railway Co. JR Tokai said Friday that its magnetically levitated shinkansen was recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest maglev... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S RADIATION DECONTAMINATION BUDGET TO HIT RECORD A?522.3 BILLION
The government also plans to book some ?78.3 billion for decontamination costs in a fiscal 2015 supplementary budget proposal... READ MORE›
JAPAN FINALIZES ALL 10 VENUES FOR G-7 MINISTERIAL MEETINGS IN 2016
Last month the government announced that the G-7 foreign ministers gathering would be held in Hiroshima and the finance ministers meeting in Sendai... READ MORE›
FOR JAPAN, PANAMA PAPERS ARE TOOL TO SKEWER CHINA
Japanese newspapers have reported prominently on the leaked documents that implicate relatives of at least eight current or former leaders in China... READ MORE›
TOKYO PROTESTS BEIJING EDITORIAL CALLING FOR EMPEROR TO APOLOGIZE OVER WARTIME ACTIONS
An editorial by Chinas official news agency, demanding an apology from Emperor Akihito over Japans wartime actions, is very discourteous, Tokyo says... READ MORE›
WANUSKEWIN SEEKS UNITED NATIONS WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon announced today that it plans to apply for status as a United Nations world heritage site... READ MORE›
BROTHERS CHARGED WITH THROWING 300 EGGS AT CARS ON EXPRESSWAY IN KANAGAWA
According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, the brothers threw raw eggs at moving cars from a bridge some 10 meters above the Tomei Expressway on Sept... READ MORE›
DAILY LETS MOUNT FUJI HIKERS PUBLISH, APPEAR IN OWN 'NEWSPAPER'
For more information on the Mount Fuji newspaper service, see The Daily Fujisan Shimbun's website at happylogue.com fujisan english.html... READ MORE›
JULY SAW RECORD 24,500 PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS FOR HEAT-RELATED PROBLEMS
Aichi saw eight people declared dead upon arrival, the most for any prefecture, followed by Iwate and Saga at three... READ MORE›