FamilyMart stores may shorten hours
Convenience store giant FamilyMart will allow franchises to shorten business hours amid labor shortages.
read moreExplosion occurs at livestock feed plant
An explosion occurs at a plant that stores livestock feed in western Japan.
read moreP&G recycles ocean plastic
P&G Japan comes up with a product made of ocean plastic collected on Japanese shores.
read moreJapan, Argentina play blind soccer game
Japan plays Argentina in a friendly game of blind soccer, which will be contested at next year's Tokyo Paralympics.
read moreSecond 2020 Olympic ticket lottery opens
The second Tokyo Olympic ticket lottery opens. Tokyo Organizing Committee officials say they hope to sell 1 million tick...
read moreDaijosai rite venue shown to press
Press get a look at the venue for tomorrow's Daijosai Imperial succession rite, a complex of more than 30 structures. Es...
read morePM Abe's sakura party under fire
The estimated budget for PM Shinzo Abe's cherry blossom viewing party triples, prompting criticism from lawmakers that s...
read moreHalo ring around the sun
Kentaro Araki from the JMA explains how a halo, or rainbow ring around the sun, is formed.
read moreKids get a taste of tax collecting
Kids at a career theme park in Tokyo get a chance to learn about consumption tax and experience what it feels like to be...
read moreNobel Prize winner meets PM Abe
Lithium-ion battery pioneer and winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Akira Yoshino meets with Prime Minister Shin...
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