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This photo, taken on Nov 15, shows lighting being used on the turf of the new National Stadium in Tokyo, which will be the main stadium of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Construction work ha…
Nintendo has confirmed that it’ll start selling its official, previously Japan-only Switch Lite Flip Cover in the US next month, with a release date set for January 9th. The Flip Cover is a…
▼ Overlooking Golden Gai is Hanazono Jinja, or Hanazono Shrine, which translates to Flower Garden Shrine. Image: Wikipedia/nnhFounded in the mid-1600s, when it was once surrounded by land t…
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 17:01 | All, JapanHarajuku Station located in Tokyo's pop-culture hub will be dismantled and rebuilt after the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, as its…
A lot of common names for girls work in both English and Japanese, most notably あんな (Anna), えま (Ema), and にな (Nina). There are also some less common names that make good equivalents to Western n…
The aim of Hokusai, a Japanese artist, was to live – and work – beyond the age of 100. Hokusai was very attentive to how they were made, entrusting his drawings to skilled carvers who inked up t…
TOKYO—Internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp. and chat app Line said Monday they have reached a basic agreement to merge in a deal that includes a $3.1 billion buyout of Line Corp.’s minority shareholders.…
What is the US getting out of Trump’s trade war with China? A deal is on the horizon to cut billions of dollars in tariffs on trade between the US and China. But it’s unlikely to achieve Tr…
In China, Hitachi has operated its elevators and escalators business since 1980s. In 1995, it founded Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd., a manufacturing, sales and service company for elevators…
Canon (Tokyo) — Canon Inc. today celebrated a camera-manufacturing milestone as combined production of the Company’s EOS-series silver halide (film) and digital interchangeable-lens ca…
