Shinto priests’ chilly graduation
Students training to become Shinto priests in northern Japan have a unique graduation ceremony.Becoming a Shinto priest ...
read morePrincess Aiko graduates primary school
Japan’s princess Aiko graduated from primary school today (Tuesday).Aiko is the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and ...
read moreKumamon turns three
Japan’s character craze is reaching new heights. A birthday party for Kumamon — the character of Kumamoto prefecture — a...
read moreTokyo Philharmonic highlights Japanese composers in New York
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra held an emotional concert at Lincoln Center in New York last night (Tuesday). It was th...
read morePhotographers snap ‘diamond Fuji’
Photographers and nature lovers flocked to the foot of Japan’s iconic Mt. Fuji this morning to witness the sun rising di...
read moreCave gets psychedelic makeover
Lighting designers have given a cave in Japan a psychedelic makeover.A reporter with Japan’s NTV visited the cave for a ...
read moreGourmet canned food aiding Tohoku recovery
Three famous chefs are teaming to aid recovery efforts in eastern Japan with a new line of gourmet canned goods.Featurin...
read moreJapanese delegate will attend Paralympics
The Japanese government is sending a representative to the Sochi Paralympics.Senior Vice Education Minister Yoshitaka Sa...
read morePanda celebrates girls’ festival
It’s girls’ day in Japan today (Monday), and even pandas are getting into the action. A female panda at a zoo in western...
read morePenguins celebrate doll festival
Girls in Japan are getting ready to celebrate a traditional doll festival on March 3rd. In Kyoto, male college students ...
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