Flowering bamboo threatens local craft making
The Sasamorpha borealis bamboo is flowering throughout Japan for the first time in 120 years. The phenomenon is threaten...
read moreStepping up accessibility for Parlympics
Within less than eight months to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, groups and individuals are trying to ...
read moreRedeveloping Shibuya
Shibuya, once a center of culture focused on young people, is being redeveloped with high-rise shopping and office build...
read moreFrom unused resource to tourist draw
Wakkanai in Hokkaido makes a beautiful road from wasted scallop shells while artists in Osaka make art on blank walls ar...
read morePope's message of peace in Nagasaki
Pope Francis visits Nagasaki and Hiroshima so share his message of peace and meets the son of Joe O'Donnell, the man who...
read morePakistani president seeks enhanced ties with Japan
Pakistani President Arif Alvi calls for enhanced relations with Japan in an exclusive interview with Nippon TV.
read moreMysterious shark 'virgin' birth
Researchers get to the bottom of the mysterious birth of sharks in a tank housing only females.
read more86-year-old ironman going strong
An 86-year-old Japanese man is the world's oldest to complete the toughest triathlon competition.
read moreDried fish from the stratosphere
An associate professor at Tokushima University dries fish 30,000 meters up in the stratosphere as the first step into th...
read moreDaigo Fukuryu Maru survivor account
85-year-old Daigo Fukuryu Maru survivor Matashichi Oishi recounts his experience of being exposed to radioactive fallout...
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