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Meet the next four chefs and culinary talents coming to the long-awaited market next month The anticipation continues to grow as we’re now less than a month away from the opening of Time Out Market Osaka. ( read original story ...)

Japan's population has dwindled for 15 consecutive years, as fewer people marry and have children. About 30 percent of Japanese are now 65 or older, compounding the demographic challenge and dragging on Asia's second-largest economy as it pulls itself out of a decades-long slump. ( read original story ...)

Japan was battling its largest wildfire in more than three decades on Saturday, one of several blazes that have killed one person and forced the evacuation of more than a thousand. ( read original story ...)

Tuesday afternoon, Professor Michael Thornton, an assistant teaching history professor at Northeastern University, discussed the urbanization and colonization of the northernmost major island of Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Remember the second-round match of the 2024 US Open between Naomi Osaka and Karolina Muchova? The post Amazed Naomi Osaka Applauds Fan’s “Insane” Tribute to Her Iconic US Open Look appeared first on ... ( read original story ...)

A team led by Nagoya University has shown that artificial photosynthesis is feasible using organic materials. Using the technique, they successfully synthesized useful organic compounds, including ... ( read original story ...)

The ban was imposed on a male inmate who had been incarcerated at Tsukigata Prison in Hokkaido until July last year, according to the bar association. Before serving time, the man had worked on ... ( read original story ...)

Shiori became the face of Japan's MeToo movement after she accused a prominent journalist Noriyuki Yamaguchi of rape. Her acclaimed directorial debut, based on her memoir of the same name, is a ... ( read original story ...)

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used to change diapers ... ( read original story ...)

By Makiko Yamazaki and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.2% in February from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, slowing for the first time in four ... ( read original story ...)

Consumer inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area grew at a slower pace in February, cooling speculation about an early interest-rate increase by the Bank of Japan. ( read original story ...)

Gunma Prefecture was named the most popular relocation destination for the first time in 2024 in a survey conducted by a Tokyo-based nonpr･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

INFLATION in Tokyo slowed more than expected as government subsidies meant to offset energy costs distorted readings, a result that is not likely to deter the central bank from considering more hikes ... ( read original story ...)

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.2% in February from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, slowing for the first time in four months but remaining well above the central bank's 2% ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory output fell 1.1% in January from the previous month, roughly in line with a median market forecast for a 1.2% decline, government data showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 top economies gather in South Africa on Wednesday and Thursday, for a meeting marred by the absence or curtailed attendance of key members and ... ( read original story ...)