In the Hawaiian Islands, where many Japanese people had immigrated since the Meiji ... show at the Aioiza theater in Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture. This part of Gifu is well known for its own regional ...

Just as with wine, aging a sake can produce a smoother drink, but there is a cost in maintaining the right conditions for ...

A joint police task force on Nov. 27 raided facilities at four locations in three prefectures related to a suspected ...

Night - Clear. Winds from NW to NNW at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Sunny with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C). Winds variable at 0 to 11 mph (0 to 17.7 kph ...

It might be tempting to think that December isn’t the best time of year to visit Japan. Although December officially marks ...

TOKYO -- People in Japan, in particular women, generally feel happy if their partners proactively do house chores, according to a survey by a private think tank. In July, Sompo Institute Plus Inc.

Fukui Prefecture had the highest proportion of sites in flood zones at 66 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Planning to visit Japan this autumn for captivating fall foliage? Get ready for a visual feast! As famous as cherry blossoms, Japan's autumn season paints landscapes with breathtaking hues. From ...

BEIJING, Nov 25 (Reuters) - China said it hopes Japan works towards improving people exchanges between the two countries, after Beijing announced a visa-free arrangement for Japanese citizens last ...

The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...

The best free people search finder services make it quick and easy to find long-lost family or friends, without having to pay a penny. These tools often share many similarities with the best ...

A Japanese government survey shows that seven in every 10 single people don't know how to go about finding a spouse. They accounted for 67 percent of the 18,000 people polled. Sixty-six percent ...