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Hi, it’s Eru in Tokyo, where I recently discovered I might have sleep apnea after staying at a special capsule hotel. But before we get to ( read original story ...)

Toni Storm has a shot to win the IWGP Women’s Championship next month. Storm has challenged Mayu Iwatani for a title match at Stardom Nagoya Golden Fight on October 5 at the Aichi ... ( read original story ...)

In this month's "Japan agenda: The premium travel blueprint" series, we're taking you to and through the Tokai region, namely Nagoya, Mie, Shizuoka and Gifu. ( read original story ...)

Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi is viewed by 27.7 percent of Liberal Democratic Party supporters as most suitable to ( read original story ...)

Today it’s locally shortened to “Sancha”, and the neighbourhood still offers the sense of being right on the cusp of the metropolis, yet relatively tranquil. A five-day stay in Sancha, helped along ... ( read original story ...)

The number of people in Japan aged 65 or older hit a record high of 36.25 million this year, government data shows, as the country contends with one of the world's fastest-ageing societies. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Rie Sano, a career consultant at the University of Tokyo, said none of the roughly 50 Japanese companies she approached to take part in English-language career sessions agreed to join the ... ( read original story ...)

Twenty-nine percent of Japan's indigenous Ainu people have experienced discrimination, a survey last year by the Hokkaido Prefectural Gover ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo zoo says it has managed to breed an endangered rhinoceros, marking the facility's first such success in 50 years. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s elderly population has hit a record high of 36.25 million people, with those aged 65 or older now accounting for almost one-third of Japanese, according to government data. Japan’s Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese state media said the drills, named Northern/Interaction-2024, aim to deepen strategic cooperation between the two countries and strengthen their ability to respond to security threats. ( read original story ...)

Walker Stewart has announced on social media that he has been chosen to provide English play-by-play commentary for STARDOM. ( read original story ...)

Major sushi restaurant chain operator Kura Sushi Inc. will offer sushi dishes as well as cuisines of other countries on a 135-meter-l ( read original story ...)

Although Tokyo might seem like the antithesis of the "sponge city" concept, the Japanese capital remains unbothered by floods and downpours. This resilience is thanks to an engineering marvel known as ... ( read original story ...)

A team at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine has found that the enzyme protein kinase N (PKN) plays a role in cardiac fibrosis linked to heart failure. In mice models, deleting PKN reduced ... ( read original story ...)

Not on the immaculate streets of the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, where there is not a hint of litter anywhere in the sprawling megalopolis of some 34 million people, not a single dropped napkin ... ( read original story ...)