Taiji whalers land first haul of the season
Whalers in western Japan have brought in their first catch of the season. Ships near the whaling town of Taiji caught tw...
read morePoll shows mixed feelings on lifting restrictions on military
A new poll shows people in Japan have mixed feelings about a move to give the nation’s military more freedom to act abro...
read moreTraditional rice-duck farming underway in Mie
Dogs may be man’s best friend, but at times a farmer’s best friend is the duck.In Mie, Japan farmers began rice-duck fa...
read moreOkinawans rally against US bases
Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture commemorates 42 years since its return from U.S. occupation on Friday. The island prefecture...
read moreJapan’s women tops in longevity—again
Japan’s women have again topped the world’s longevity rankings. A new WHO survey shows that Japanese women live an aver...
read moreQuarter of high schoolers net-dependent: study
About a quarter of Japanese high schoolers say they are dependent on the internet.A new study by Tokyo University survey...
read moreWakata returns to Earth
Japan’s first commander of the International Space Station received an ecstatic welcome on his return to Earth.Commander...
read moreKennedy visits Fukushima Daiichi
The US Ambassador to Japan visited for the first time on Wednesday the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where a triple m...
read moreFukushima Fish on Sale in Tokyo
Marine products from Fukushima prefecture are on sale at a special event held by a department store in Tokyo.Dried floun...
read moreKumagaya embraces heat, erects giant thermometer
A city in Japan is making the best of a sticky situation.Kumagaya has a reputation for being Japan’s hottest place. The ...
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