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The number of overseas visitors came to 2,496,600 in the month, down from 2,640,610 in October last year, the Japan Tourism Agency said. Overseas visitors totaled 26,914,400 in the first 10 mont…
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 23:15 | Lifestyle, JapanTwo new Pokemon video games sold around 1.37 million copies in Japan within the first three days of their release, a record for any title d…
Penta-Ocean Construction, Kajima Corporation, and Yorigami Maritime Construction have agreed to jointly construct a wind farm installation vessel capable of installing foundations and turbines w…
Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Japanese hotel offers a room that costs only $1 per night, but there's a catch -- the guest's entire stay is livestreamed on YouTube. Tetsuya Ino…
With the massive amount of people who head into downtown Tokyo every weekday morning, rush-hour trains are always unpleasant in Japan’s capital. A joint project between Nestlé and Tokyo…
But for Hisato Hamada, the 42-year-old co-founder of Tokyo's white-hot Wagyumafia restaurant brand, which serves the world's finest cuts of Kobe beef, it's all in a…
One idol group dominates the poll by taking all five top slots. Yuka Sugai (656 votes)Sugai hails from Keyakizaka46, itself a sister group of Nogizaka46, which was specifically formed to be the …
Nintendo's outlet is the game giant's first directly operated in Japan, and only its second worldwide following a similar New York shop. We picked this location, aiming to attract a wi…
Most modern games have pieces of Shenmue in them, and many of them do those things better, like the surging Yakuza series. It’s safe to say that I wouldn’t be writing about video games professio…
Akihabara News (Tokyo) — Toyota Motor Company has unveiled its second-generation Mirai, representing the firm’s renewed commitment to hydrogen-powered vehicles at a time when most others be…
