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Harajuku's Mipig Café is one of 10 cafés in Japan that allow you to pay to cuddle, pet and spend time with miniature pigs. Here's a look inside. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co., in collaboration with the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) Surat Thani branch, recently conduc ... ( read original story ...)

Maki Asami’s staging of Marius Petipa’s ballet premiered at the NNTT in 2000 and returns this year. The story charts a doomed love affair between an Indian temple dancer and a warrior. April 27 to May 5; further information and tickets here ( read original story ...)

The manager of a dating agency and two others have been arrested for allegedly soliciting a woman for sex work at a Las Vegas hotel, in what Tokyo police believe could be part of a larger operation. Haruka Funaki, ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory activity shrank for an eighth straight month in January as output and new orders declined due to the subsiding economy at home and overseas, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

After being stuck without power for more than a week, Japan’s Moon lander has woken up and started snapping images of the lunar surface. On 28 January, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) re-established contact with the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), ( read original story ...)

An interim report on the deterioration of artworks held by the Osaka Prefectural Government, some of which were left rusting in an undergroun ... ( read original story ...)

Shiino, who has lived in Nagoya since she was 5 and speaks fluent Japanese, says she set out to challenge widely accepted views of who is considered Japanese. Beauty contests should not be about ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival will return to its pre-Covid glory this year, with all event sites in operation for the first time in four years, united under the theme “big snow sculpture.” ... ( read original story ...)

Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, has pleaded not guilty to charges of accepting bribes related to the 2021 Tokyo Games. ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have been under pressure to rethink their policies amid an outcry over two pets' deaths in a crash on January 2 Both previously permitted pets in the cabin, but changed the rules after customer complaints. ( read original story ...)

The film captures the picturesque landscapes of Sapporo, a location that has never been showcased on the silver screen before. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Advantest said on Wednesday it sees growing demand for its chip testing equipment for memory used for artificial intelligence tasks while reporting a drag from weak electronics sales. ( read original story ...)

A NASA orbiter caught sight of Japan's SLIM moon lander on the lunar surface after its historic touchdown. SLIM, or the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, is operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese transport officials raided a Toyota-affiliated plant Tuesday after the company admitted to cheating on engine testing, as Toyota Motor Corp. reported it sold over 11 million vehicles ... ( read original story ...)

Numerous changes within the management of the Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. will take effect following the company’s general meeting of shareholders on 28 March 2024, including the appointment of Masataka ... ( read original story ...)