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28-FEET-TALL JAPANESE ROBOT LOOKS LIKE A REAL WORLD TRANSFORMER
Sakakibara Kikai's engineer Go Sakakibara poses with the bipedal robot Mononofu during its demonstration at its factory in Shinto Village, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, April 12, 2018... READ MORE›
HOST CITIES PREPARE FOR 2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP WITH BALL-SHAPED LANTERNS AND MANJU CAKES
Asuke will host a match between Japan and the New Zealand national rugby team known as the All Blacks... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN RENEWS PLEA FOR JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT TO AMEND U.S. FORCES AGREEMENT AFTER RAPE ORDEAL
Court records show that Fisher was raped by American serviceman Bloke Deans near the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 2002... READ MORE›
REFURBISHED 'TOWER OF THE SUN,' SYMBOL OF OSAKA WORLD'S FAIR, REOPENS TO CROWDS
It was great, said Ai Takahira, 40, who came from Kyoto Prefecture to see the interior... READ MORE›
LUCKY ESCAPE FOR ALPS SNOWBOARDER
Snowboarder Thomas Kray had a lucky escape after being caught by an avalanche on a downhill run in Savoie in the French Alps... READ MORE›
HOW CHINA'S SPORTS CULTURE IS CHANGING AHEAD OF BEIJING 2022
Winter Olympics How China's sports culture is changing ahead of Beijing 2022... READ MORE›
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FOR VULNERABLE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IN JAPAN, A CULTURE OF 'DATES' WITH OLDER MEN
Here, high school dating matches girls in uniforms with men in their 40s and 50s and beyond... READ MORE›
MORE SURVIVORS PULLED FROM RUBBLE OF ITALIAN HOTEL, ALL 4 CHILDREN SURVIVED
The avalanche dumped five metres of snow on top of the resort, located 180 kilometres northeast of Rome... 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›
JAPAN HOLDS FIRST-EVER EVACUATION DRILL SIMULATING NORTH KOREAN MISSILE STRIKE INTO WATERS NEARBY
Amid a growing missile threat from North Korea, the northern city of Oga, Akita Prefecture, held Japan's first-ever evacuation drill for local residents, g... READ MORE›
'NO FATALITIES' AFTER AVALANCHE HITS POPULAR FRENCH RESORT SLOPE
The snow crossed the popular Carline piste, a medium blue ski slope, and police issued an alert around 10.06am... READ MORE›
ITALY CREWS FIND THREE PUPPIES ALIVE IN AVALANCHE-HIT HOTEL, PULL SEVENTH BODY FROM RUBBLE
It was Parete who had first sounded the alarm after he by chance left the hotel to go to his car moments before the avalanche hit... READ MORE›
JAPAN AVALANCHE KILLS SEVEN STUDENTS AND TEACHER
More than 40 injured after avalanche struck while students were climbing near Nasu Onsen ski resort north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
EIGHT SCHOOL CHILDREN FEARED DEAD IN JAPANESE AVALANCHE
The avalanche occurred early on Monday near Nasu in Tochigi prefecture, 120km 75 miles north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
ONE DEAD IN UTSUNOMIYA ROCK PARK AREA
The explosions took place almost simultaneously at about 11 30 local time 02 30 GMT in the city in Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
TRICKY START FOR 'WORLD'S WORST SKIER' FROM VENEZUELA
Venezuela's Adrian Solano has been described the world's worst skier after his disastrous performance in a qualifying round of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Finland... READ MORE›
250 000 JAPANESE STILL DISPLACED 4 YEARS AFTER QUAKE
2 COMMENTEMAILMORE IITATE, Japan When a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the nearby Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, Yumi Kanno did not hesitate... READ MORE›
BEARING MAKER NSK CLAIMS TO MAKE WORLD'S TOP FIDGET SPINNER
A major bearing maker in Kanagawa Prefecture claims to have developed a fidget spinner that whirls longer than any on the market -- 12 minutes and cou... READ MORE›
FRESH SNOW CUTS OFF ALPINE SKI RESORTS
Heavy snow has cut off the Alpine ski resorts of Cervinia in Italy and Adelboden in Switzerland, as stormy weather continues to batter Europe... 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›
BODIES OF SNOWSHOERS FROM BOSTON RECOVERED FROM AVALANCHE DEBRIS NEAR LAKE LOUISE
Bodies of snowshoers from Boston recovered from avalanche debris near Lake Louise... 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›
SKI DISASTER NARROWLY AVERTED AFTER AVALANCHE ON POPULAR BLUE RUN IN TIGNES
Disaster was narrowly averted on Tuesday morning after an avalanche struck a blue run popular with family skiers in Tignes in the French Alps... 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›
FUKUSHIMA AFTERSHOCK RENEWS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT RESTARTING KANSAI'S AGING NUCLEAR REACTORS
Kyoto lies about 60 km and Osaka about 110 km from the old Fukui plants... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 8 SURVIVORS AT ALPINE HOTEL BURIED BY AVALANCHE
Helicopters have been sent to the site, located at 4,000 feet in the Gran Sasso mountains in the Abruzzo region... READ MORE›
AVALANCHES KILL 10 INDIAN SOLDIERS IN KASHMIR
At least 14 people killed, including 10 soldiers, in three separate avalanches in Indian-administered Kashmir... READ MORE›
BOAT WASHES ASHORE IN AKITA WITH EIGHT ABOARD CLAIMING TO BE NORTH KOREAN FISHERMEN
The discovery of apparent North Korean fishing boats is a fairly frequent occurrence in Japan and doesn't always rate as an urgent matter... READ MORE›
SIX THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE BUYING A PAIR OF SKIS
Importantly, when testing new gear, don't expect your old sizing to carry over to a new purchase... READ MORE›
SKIERS TRAPPED IN THE ALPS AFTER HUGE BOULDER BLOCKS MOUNTAIN ROAD
Val thorens and les menuires were cut off after a 50-ton boulder came crashing down onto the road leading to the popular ski resorts... READ MORE›
ASO ASKS WHETHER SDF SHOULD SHOOT NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES FLEEING HYPOTHETICAL KOREAN CONTINGENCY
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso has raised the specter of armed North Korean refugees flooding the Sea of Japan coastline after a contingency on the Korean... READ MORE›
DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK STRIKES HEALTH FACILITY IN JAPAN
Police in Sagamihara, in Kanagawa prefecture, have arrested a suspect, local news outlet Kyodo reported... READ MORE›
FRANCE LOSES SKIING POLE POSITION AS US LEADS WINTER SPORTS DESTINATIONS
In France, sports d'hiver winter sports means mountains - and for the privileged minority, mountains mean skiing and snowboarding... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE PUSHES SKI RESORTS TO 'WEATHERPROOF'
Hitting the plastic slopes Climate change pushes ski resorts to 'weatherproof'... READ MORE›