Mauritius oil spill: Japan sends third expert team
Japan sends a third team of experts to Mauritius to help local authorities deal with the aftermath of a massive oil spil...
read moreBuried army headquarter reveals Battle of Okinawa
For the first time ever, TV camera crews go into a former army headquarter that lies beneath Shuri Castle in Okinawa.
read moreShogi prodigy Fujii becomes youngest double titleholder
Shogi prodigy Fujii Sota becomes the youngest player of the traditional Japanese board game to hold two of its eight maj...
read moreHarry Potter theme park to open in Tokyo
Tokyo will get a Harry Potter theme park due to open in 2023. The facility will display props and costumes from the wiza...
read moreJapan marks 75th anniversary of end of World War Two
Organizers scale back the event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II amid the novel coronaviru...
read moreJapanese ministers visit war linked Yasukuni shrine
Four members of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's Cabinet visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine.
read moreVirtual Reality revives wartime Hiroshima
A group of local high school students revives wartime Hiroshima using VR technology.
read moreNagasaki marks 75th A-bomb anniversary
Nearly 500 people commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing on Sunday amid the coronavirus pandemi...
read moreJapan's best sommelier
A competition takes place in Tokyo to decide Japan's best sommelier.
read moreShibuya public restrooms get designer makeover
ublic restrooms in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward are getting a makeover by 16 world-class architects and designers.
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