Month: August 2022

At the start of the 1600s, Japan's rulers feared that Christianity which had recently been introduced to the southern parts of the country by European missionaries would spread ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday in an apparent bid to distance his administration from the conservative ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The number of travelers heading to their hometowns or vacation spots for Japan's mid-August obon holiday period peaked on Aug. 11, but remained fewer than before the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The pair became so serious about their dream that they founded a "training school" here, offering aspirants a chance to swim like mermaids with the help of a tail fin. Striving to promote the joy of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - A series of strong earthquakes jolted Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido early Thursday, the weather agency said, issuing no tsunami warning, Kyodo reports. Local police ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s population suffered its largest drop since 2013 last year, falling to less than 126 million. The population fell by 726,342, or 0.57 per cent, from the ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo court has dismissed a request filed by a group of 50 people, including civic group members, to issue an injunction ordering a ... ( read original story ...)

Its vacancy rate contracted 0.1ppts to 1.5% in Q2. According to a Savills report, Shibuya’s vacancy contracted 0.1ppts QoQ to 1.5%, becoming the ward with the lowest vacancy rate in the central five ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida replaced the female minister in charge of tackling the country’s falling birthrate and installed a man who sought to deepen his understanding of the issue by ... ( read original story ...)