Deepening bonds through baseball
Don Mattingly, Mitch Hanigar and Kenta Maeda offer flowers at Hiroshima Peace Park on behalf of Major League Baseball, s...
read moreSuper stud to the rescue
Fukushima beef is making a comeback and hopes are high that a once-in-a-generation stud bull will help restore the prefe...
read moreToo much plastic
Japan produces more plastic garbage than it can process domestically, so some ends up as microplastics in the country's ...
read moreCashless culture growing in Japan
Cash-loving Japan has been slow to accept alternative payments, but new government incentives and an impending sales tax...
read moreSo long Tsukiji and thanks for all the fish
Tokyo's Tsukiji market, famous for its tuna auctions, closes after more than 80 years and is replaced by the gleaming ne...
read moreAthletes with designer limbs
Advances in prosthetic technology spark biological adaptations in 2020 Paralympic hopefuls.
read moreA brave new world in education
Technology is breaking down barriers and opening up new possibilities at schools around Japan.
read moreTraditional dogs as your new best friend
A zoo in Wakayama Prefecture will be showcasing traditional Japanese Kishu Dogs in hopes of increasing owners.
read more2020 volunteers: Free labor?
Tokyo's 2020 Olympic committee will begin accepting volunteer applications amid criticism that the requirements are too ...
read moreAnother week, another disaster
Just after the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years drenched the nation, a massive earthquake paralyzed the northe...
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