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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 ...)

A common anecdote of customer service in Japan is having a clerk chase you down the street and trying to catch their breath as they hand you a 10 yen coin that you accidentally dropped. However, this ... ( read original story ...)

With new properties from brands including Regent, Intercontinental, Six Senses and Mandarin Oriental, get ready to rev up your wanderlust. ( read original story ...)

In a move to do battle with the NBA and try to steal their traditionally great Christmas Day viewership numbers, the NFL decided to treat December 25 like their own primetime slate ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has welcomed in the new year with a traditional bell-tolling ceremony at the Tokudai-ji temple in Tokyo Celebrations have been scaled back or cancelled in South Korea following the Muan air ... ( read original story ...)

Russia developed offensive plans targeting civilian and military sites in Japan and South Korea in the event of a war with NATO, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 31, citing documents shown to the ... ( read original story ...)

This winter, the 1.5km-long street right outside the east exit of JR Yokohama Station turns into a sparkling wonderland. Stretching from the station to Grand Mall Park and beyond, this ... ( read original story ...)

Two people died after a fire broke out in a residential area near Tokyo Skytree on Tuesday evening, local authorities said. ( read original story ...)

New Year's Day marks the third time the Kyoto Tachibana Senior High band will perform at Rose Parade. Bands from Mexico, Panama and Denmark will march too. ( read original story ...)

The number of 18-year-olds in Japan totaled 1.09 million as of Wednesday, a government estimate showed, up by 30,000 from last year b ... ( read original story ...)

The newly launched ADVAN V61 is a premium SUV tire that delivers exceptional performance to meet the needs of automobile manufacturers. Along with ADVAN’s hallmark premium-grade driving performance, ... ( read original story ...)