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Dozens of people were on hand for Little Tokyo's 26th annual New Year Oshogatsu Festival on Wednesday. Jocelyn Wildenstein, the Swiss-born socialite famous for surgery-enhanced feline features, has died. Her partner Lloyd Klein told AFP she died of a pulmonary embolism in Paris. ( read original story ...)

Crowds gathered at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine on Wednesday (January 1) morning to offer prayers for the new year in 2025. ( read original story ...)

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Japan on Thursday marked one year since a fatal collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport between a Japan Airlines jetliner landing on a runway and a coast guard plane that erroneously entered the runway. ( read original story ...)

The trust between the two top leaders cannot be superficial and that it must be developed through interactions. Regarding China-Japan relations, Ishiba was quoted by Nikkei Asia as saying that ties ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka chose Auckland to kick off the season and in her debut she beat Lina Glushko with a double 6-4. Her next rival will be world number 470 Julia Grabher. However, the Japanese player made it clear that she won't play for a long time if she doesn't reach a certain ranking ( read original ...

Naomi Osaka was a big revelation after she turned professional and quickly ascended to the Top rankings of the WTA. That has also brought great fame to the Japanese star, which she has, in turn, used to advocate for players’ mental health. ( read original story ...)

The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses. But don't expect any sun-disappearing acts like the one that mesmerized North America last year. ( read original story ...)

Japanese policymakers are increasingly anxious that the country's birth rate is nearing the point of no return. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber joins research on rubber seeds for sustainability, addressing global warming and economic challenges. ( read original story ...)

Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has started 2025 in style, beating Julia Grabher 7-5, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Auckland tennis classic. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – A towering wooden “Grand Ring” built for Expo 2025 in Osaka pays homage to Japan’s architectural history and is a symbol of unity despite criticism over costs, its creator says. The 2km ... ( read original story ...)

Between January and September in 2024 visitors from Australia totalled a record 637,300, which was an increase of 42 per cent over the same period for the previous record in 2019, according to the ... ( read original story ...)

Traditional techniques for joining wooden pillars were used and inspired by the raised platform at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto. ( read original story ...)

Plans to Strengthen Military Cooperation Japan and the United States are exploring plans to station a U.S. military coordination unit in central Tokyo. This unit will focus on enhancing collaboration ... ( read original story ...)

A record low number of New Year's greeting cards were delivered in Japan on Wednesday as 2025 began, the fewest since data became available on them in 2008. ( read original story ...)