Kumamon, the million-dollar bear
People in Japan have fallen in love with a cuddly bear named Kumamon.Kumamon is the mascot of Kumamoto prefecture in wes...
read moreCool Biz campaign gets underway
People in Japan are dressing down.The nation began its annual Cool Biz energy-saving casual wear campaign.The Japanese e...
read moreKids taste train world
Kids in train-mad Japan are getting a taste of life on the rails.A train expo opened in Osaka on Tuesday.A group of rail...
read moreJetliner descends dangerously low
A plane belonging to a Japanese budget airline descended dangerously low ahead of landing on Monday.The Peach Aviation j...
read moreClimbing season opens in Japan Alps
The climbing season opened in the Japan Alps over the weekend.Kamikochi is one of Japan’s most famous mountain destinati...
read moreAbe rides rebuilt Sanriku railway
Three years ago a tsunami devastated northeast Japan. On Sunday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rode a railway that has just ...
read moreAbe visits Meiji Shrine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine on Monday. Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken are the two m...
read moreKyoto U. team pioneers cheap stem cell method
Scientists in Japan have come up with a cheap new way to produce stem cells en masse.The researchers at Kyoto University...
read moreOlympic medalists meet Abe
66 Japanese Olympic and Paralympic medalists were honored by their country’s leader on Friday.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
read moreConstruction industry aims to double women workers
Japan’s construction industry has found the solution to a labor shortage—boost the number of women workers.Currently onl...
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