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In a show of resilience following a deadly arson attack on one of its studios earlier this year, Kyoto Animation Co. has announced that it will continue to offer training programs for aspiring animat…
Bowing at the Guangzhou International Auto Show is the 2021 Lexus UX 300e, the brand's first electric vehicle (EV). No, it isn't even close to looking like the LF-30 concept we so…
Volkswagen is focusing its motorsport strategy on electric mobility. A clear emphasis on fully electric racing cars will be backed up by the farewell to factory-backed commitments using int…
(Back in April, a family even found a hidden camera live-streaming their stay at an Airbnb in Ireland.) But in our latest edition of Hack or Wack, we ask another important, related question…
Not only are they opening up a store dedicated to women’s sexuality and period needs, but they’re also striving to lower the stigma of menstruation by having staff members wear badges saying if they’…
The Japanese labor law limits working hours of regular employees but the restrictions do not apply to workers in supervisory positions. The worker was on loan to another Mitsubishi Electric unit…
A schoolgirl walks through a Tokyo subway station. Toru Hanai / ReutersIn Japan, small children take the subway and run errands alone, no parent in sight. It’s a common sight on Japanese ma…
Scientists at Yamagata University in Japan have discovered more than 100 new Nazca lines in the Peruvian desert. The research team used a combination of on-the-ground fieldwork and dat…
It was initially built by the Japanese Navy between 1917 and 1919 as one of three large-scale wireless telecommunication centers in the Pacific. It remained under Japanese control until the…
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The National Immigration Agency (NIA) is preparing to send a man home to Japan who overstayed his visa by 36 years while living in the Hualien County countryside. His pres…
