Smoking area artwork for social distancing
Officials at Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward place artwork on the ground of a smoking area outside a train station to urge social...
read moreFewer people out after summer holiday
The flow of people at major train stations in Tokyo on the first Monday after Japan's summer holiday season decreases co...
read moreDomestic air travelers in August down 65%
The number of passengers traveling by air within Japan during the summer holiday season in August drops 65 percent from ...
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 moreCentral Japan Railway increases number of bullet trains per hour
Central Japan Railway Company increases the number of Nozomi bullet trains to 12 per hour.
read moreWhen the food comes, keep your mask on
Japan's Italian restaurant chain Saizeriya invents a way for customers to dine out while still wearing their mask.
read moreJapan's best sommelier
A competition takes place in Tokyo to decide Japan's best sommelier.
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