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Pictograms on how to use Japanese electric toilets have been registered as a global standard in a step aimed at making such signs more familiar to the growing number of foreign tourists visiting the …
Authorities have detained 341 foreign nationals working illegally in the first crackdown targeting asylum seekers in areas under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo and Nagoya immigration bureaus, an effor…
The Japanese government will require long-stay visitors from 6 Asian countries to be tested for tuberculosis before they travel to Japan. The new visa requirement will be applied to people …
Police in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, have acknowledged that they failed to respond to repeated calls by a mother to rescue her son, whose car was stuck in deep snow. The 19-year-…
Japan's government has unveiled designs for 5 commemorative coins for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The coins are the first of about 30 to be issued in 4 installments in the run…
The Japanese government says Emperor Akihito's abdication ceremony will be held next year on April 30th, the day he steps down, as a state event. The panel headed by Chief Cabinet Secretary…
A group of Japanese researchers has developed a thin, elastic display that can be pasted directly on human skin. The display is about one millimeter thick and consists of micro LEDs embedded in …
Locals in western Japan have heralded the arrival of spring with an annual grass-burning event on the Akiyoshidai plateau. Residents and officials of the city of Mine, in Yamaguchi Prefectu…
Officials with East Japan Railway Company say a metal part that went missing from a Shinkansen bullet train has been found. They say the problem did not disrupt services or cause any injuries. T…
An event to promote Japanese culture has begun in the Turkish capital of Ankara. More than 300 people took part in the opening ceremony of the "Japan Festival" on Saturday. It is the f…