Category: NEWS

Little Tokyo erupted in chaos Saturday evening as suspects in a high-speed chase abandoned their car and fled through a crowded plaza. ( read original story ...)

A group representing the Indigenous people has sued to regain the right, lost over a century ago, to freely fish for salmon in a Hokkaido river. ( read original story ...)

Phish stoked rumors of a possible trip to Japan in 2024 with the release of the band's last show in the Land of the Rising Sun on 6/16/20. ( read original story ...)

One man was killed and two other residents of western Japan were reported missing Saturday as record-breaking rains and flooding washed over large swathes of the country. ( read original story ...)

Hakata is the name of the liveliest section of downtown Fukuoka, a city famous for mentaiko (spicy cod roe). Riverside food stalls in Hakata sell a kind of chicken seasoned with mentaiko, and that’s ... ( read original story ...)

The group led by Associate Professor Kazuhiro Nakazawa at Nagoya University/KMI, and doctorial course student Yuki Omiya at the Graduate School of Science, in collaboration with the National ... ( read original story ...)

A research group at the Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University in Japan has used artificial intelligence to determine that Piezo, a channel that receives mechanical stimuli, plays a role in con ... ( read original story ...)

Two Nigerian boxers knocked out in the first round of their bouts at an event in the northern Japan city of Sapporo were in fact amateurs swi ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has produced another commanding performance at the women’s basketball Asia Cup with a heavy 88-52 defeat of New Zealand in the semifinals. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Olympic leader says getting the 2030 Winter Games still ‘quite hard’ for Sapporo despite new efforts to deal with the impact of the Tokyo Games scandal. What does that mean for Salt Lake ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's defence ministry said late on Friday it had spotted two Russian Navy ships in the waters near Taiwan and Japan's Okinawa islands in the previous four days, following a similar announcement this week from Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese newspaper has reported that a Japanese journalist was barred from entering Hong Kong without a clear reason, raising concerns over the city's shrinking press freedoms. ( read original story ...)

The one thing stereotypes have in common is that they usually contain at least a few grains of truth. Sometimes, as with the city of Osaka, they exceed reality. Osakans, you might say, have a certain ... ( read original story ...)

Campaigners say turning Meiji Jingu Gaien into a commercial hub will destroy 1,000 trees and area’s architectural heritage ( read original story ...)

A controversial horse festival in Japan has promised changes in line with animal welfare after being accused of animal cruelty. At the Ageuma Shinji, or Rising Horses, festival young men dressed as ... ( read original story ...)

Yasuhiro Yamashita has cast doubts over the Sapporo 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games bid following his re-election as Japanese Olympic ... ( read original story ...)