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Contaminated water that will reportedly be released into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant contains a radioactive substance that has the potential to damage human DNA, a …
Planning a special meal, and want to make sure you get a seat? Here’s a quick rundown of how to make restaurant reservations in Japan—with both English and Japanese-language options. First,…
Beginning this Friday, October 23, 2020, the annual Design Art Tokyo descends upon the city, transforming retailers and cafes and all sorts of venues into galleries. For 12 days, Tokyo becomes an ope…
Maisa Tsuno, a member of popular Japanese rock band Akaiko-en, has died, the group's agency said Monday, with police suspecting suicide. The 29-year-old guitarist and songwri…
You may not have heard of Ken Kutaragi but you most certainly have heard of his invention: the PlayStation. The former chairperson and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment has now taken on a new role a…
When I first came to Japan, I heard the rumors about how infamously difficult the N1 exam was. A common story going around the foreign community at the time was that the N1 of the Japanese Language P…
Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel located in the Andes, southern Peru, opened this week to allow one stranded Japanese tourist to visit the site. It has been closed to tourists since March 16 due to Cov…
A Japanese tourist who was stranded in Peru for almost seven months amid the coronavirus pandemic finally got to visit the famed ruins of Machu Picchu — which was opened only for him, according to re…
Peru has opened Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist who waited seven months after becoming stranded in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. Jesse Katayama had planned to spend onl…
Peru opened the ancient Machu Picchu site for a single tourist who had been stranded in the country for seven months trying to see it. Jesse Katayama, a tourist from Japan, was allowed to see th…
