Climbing season opens in Japan Alps
The climbing season opened in the Japan Alps over the weekend.Kamikochi is one of Japan’s most famous mountain destinati...
read moreAbe rides rebuilt Sanriku railway
Three years ago a tsunami devastated northeast Japan. On Sunday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rode a railway that has just ...
read moreTall ships visit Nagasaki
Spring in Nagasaki, Japan means it’s time for the city’s tall ships festival.Tall ships from around the world visit the ...
read moreAbe visits Meiji Shrine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine on Monday. Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken are the two m...
read moreUnderwater carp streamers unusual take on Children’s Day
A town in western Japan is decorating in a unique way for an upcoming holiday. Carp streamers billowing in the wind are ...
read moreKyoto U. team pioneers cheap stem cell method
Scientists in Japan have come up with a cheap new way to produce stem cells en masse.The researchers at Kyoto University...
read moreOlympic medalists meet Abe
66 Japanese Olympic and Paralympic medalists were honored by their country’s leader on Friday.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
read moreSpecial Report: Obama's Visit to Japan
In our first special report outside the Fukushima Update series, we focus on the significance and the outcomes of the US...
read moreConstruction industry aims to double women workers
Japan’s construction industry has found the solution to a labor shortage—boost the number of women workers.Currently onl...
read moreThe turtle with prosthetic flippers
The sea can be a dangerous place for a turtle.Yu is a loggerhead turtle who lost most of her flippers to a shark.But as ...
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