Oyakuen Garden shakes off winter
Spring is in the air in northeastern Japan.Workers at Oyakuen Garden in Aizu-Wakamatsu are busy getting the garden ready...
read moreTrain fare hikes hit Tokyo as sales tax kicks in
Workers in Japan were busy today (Monday) getting ready for the nation’s upcoming April 1 consumption tax hike.Employees...
read moreDeparted police dogs honored in Tokyo
Police in Japan are honoring their deceased comrades.But their comrades weren’t officers, but police dogs.The officers w...
read moreFukushima Update #27 “Evacuation preparedness under the spotlight”
Authorities are moving closer to approving the restart of a nuclear plant in southwestern Japan. This week's special fea...
read moreEvacuation preparedness under the spotlight
Authorities are moving closer to approving the restart of a nuclear plant in southwestern Japan. This week's special fea...
read moreWater treatment system breaks down again
Engineers at Fukushima Daiichi are struggling with a crucial piece of equipment used to purify contaminated water. A ser...
read moreDiet passes record budget
Japan’s parliament has passed a record budget for fiscal 2014. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the roughly 950-b...
read moreShinto priests’ chilly graduation
Students training to become Shinto priests in northern Japan have a unique graduation ceremony.Becoming a Shinto priest ...
read moreJapan-N. Korea meet slated
Japan and North Korea will resume official negotiations on outstanding issues between the two nations, stalled since Nov...
read moreN. Korea-linked building goes to runner-up
A Tokyo building with close links to North Korea will be sold to a real estate firm based in southwestern Japan.The Japa...
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