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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›
WHY JAPAN HUNTS WHALES
Last year Japan caught no whales in the Antarctic, so there is less minke whale meat available, he says... 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›
HUSBAND PLANTS THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS FOR TWO YEARS TO MAKE HIS BLIND WIFE SMILE AGAIN
Japan may be famous for its cherry blossom at this time of year, but in Miyazaki Prefecture people flock to see a different floral spectacle... 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›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS SECOND MASSIVE QUAKE HITS JAPAN
The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people... READ MORE›
JAPAN BEGINS WORK ON 'WORLD'S LARGEST' FLOATING SOLAR FARM
The Japanese electronics multinational Kyocera has begun work on what it says will be the world's biggest floating solar farm... 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›
KUMAMOTO QUAKE INFO: WHERE TO GO, HOW TO HELP
Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injury and wide... 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›
MOMENT AN ENTIRE HOUSE IS SWEPT AWAY AS FLOODING HITS JAPAN
This is the terrifying moment an entire house was carried away by floodwater in japan caused by tropical storm etau... READ MORE›
DESPITE ASSURANCES, QUAKES PROMPT CALLS TO SWITCH OFF JAPAN'S NUCLEAR REACTORS
Calls in and outside of Japan are growing to shut down the nations' only two operating reactors at the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture... READ MORE›
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: THE KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKES
Here are some questions and answers on seismic activity in Japan What type of earthquakes struck Kumamoto?... READ MORE›
WORLD'S FIRST 'OTAKU' SUMMIT DRAWS INTERNATIONAL CROWDS TO CHIBA
In my country, Italy, currently it's a very big thing, said visitor Valentino Notari, 28, about the otaku culture outside Japan... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKES KILL AT LEAST 32, RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE TRAPPED
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that 1,500 people had been injured in the quakes... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKE LEAVES DOZENS INJURED AT POPULAR SKI RESORT
NewSearch Sunday 23 November 2014 Japan quake leaves dozens injured at popular ski resort Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6... 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›
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›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKES: THOUSANDS OF TROOPS POUR IN TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS
Minor eruptions took place at Sakurajima in Kagoshima prefecture and Asosan in Kumamoto prefecture over the weekend... 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›
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›
MORE THAN 100 WOMEN DRUGGED, RAPED AND FILMED IN FAKE CLINICAL STUDY IN JAPAN
Japanese police have arrested 54-year-old Hideyuki Noguchi who they allege tricked dozens of women into volunteering for 'clinical research measuring blood pressure during sleep'... READ MORE›
JAPAN READY TO HOST WORLD'S FIRST 'OTAKU' SUMMIT
About four dozen overseas otaku groups are expected to attend... 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›
TEAM REFLECTS ON WORLD CUP JOURNEY AFTER RETURN TO JAPAN
Nadeshiko Japan manager Norio Sasaki wasted no time in targeting the gold medal at next year's Rio Olympics as the beaten Women's World Cup finalists retur... READ MORE›
JAPANESE GROUP HEADS FOR NORTH KOREA TO VISIT GRAVES OF KIN
The fact that so many Japanese died in North Korea should never be forgotten, said 83-year-old returnee Tomoya Sato... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 100 WOMEN DRUGGED, RAPED AND FILMED IN FAKE CLINICAL STUDY IN JAPAN
More than 100 women drugged, raped and filmed in fake clinical study in Japan reports... READ MORE›
BEAU POPS THE QUESTION BY SPELLING IT OUT WITH WITH WORLD'S LARGEST GPS DRAWING
In July 2008, company employee Yasushi Takahashi decided to ask his girlfriend of eight years to marry him and was determined to make it the world's bigge... READ MORE›