Japan looks to AI for coronavirus countermeasures
Japan's government launches a panel of experts to discuss formulating coronavirus countermeasures using artificial intel...
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.
read moreFewer people out in nighttime Tokyo on August 3
Fewer people venture out to major areas of Tokyo on Monday night as the metropolitan government urges restaurants to sho...
read moreSoftBank Group fails to declare 40 billion yen in income
Japanese tax authorities have found that SoftBank Group Corporation failed to declare about 40 billion yen in income for...
read moreMonkey sightings in Tokyo
Witnesses report sightings of a monkey in residential areas of Tokyo over the weekend.
read moreTop court rules GPS tracking not tantamount to keeping watch in stalking
Japan's Supreme Court rules that GPS tracking is not tantamount to the act of keeping watch on subjects under the anti-s...
read moreBear caught in Hokkaido
Locals in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido caught a brown bear in a trap on Thursday night.
read more1 dead, 18 hurt in Fukushima explosion
One man dies and at least 18 are injured in an explosion at a restaurant under renovation in Fukushima Prefecture.
read moreMega in-station commercial facility to open at Tokyo Station
A gigantic in-station commercial facility featuring 153 shops and restaurants will open at Tokyo Station on August 3.
read moreSaliva testing for coronavirus antigen begins at Haneda, Narita airports
Japan's government will nearly double the coronavirus testing capacity at international airports such as Haneda by intro...
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