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I’m in the Ogasawara Islands, an archipelago of more than 30 islands in the Pacific Ocean which, despite being sprinkled 1,000km south of the frenetic skyscraper-filled capital, are considered a…
A double-curved timber shell constructed from 7,700 timber pieces forms the Swatch Headquarters by Shigeru Ban in Biel, Switzerland. The timber gridshell – a double-curved gridded stru…
(CNN) More than half a million petty criminals will be pardoned in Japan next week to mark the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito , the government announced Friday. About 550,000 people will be gi…
Kiki, Howl, Totoro and co. are on their way to HBO Max. The forthcoming WarnerMedia streamer has secured the U.S. streaming rights to Studio Ghibli movies, meaning the entirety of the iconic Jap…
Of the 79 victims, nearly 50 died due to flooding and about a dozen due to landslides. Some local governments issued evacuation orders or advisories ahead of expected heavy rain. The infras…
KYODO NEWS - 13 hours ago - 15:10 | All, JapanThe Japanese government officially decided Friday to pardon around 550,000 petty criminals on the occasion of Emperor Naruhito's enthronem…
Discover this local ramen style that’s creamy and chewy with all the toppings. Devour your way through Yokohama at these five shops to try iekei ramen that are soon to become cult-classics—…
The person I interviewed just started as a junior high night school teacher last April, so she is in the middle of figuring out what this job is like. What is a public junior high night school?…
We're talking about the salon in the title, of course: Hair Salon Nalu & 76 Cafe. Visiting Hair Salon NaluNalu was started in Tokyo in 2001 by founder Hamaguchi Daisuke. …
I like reading, I like looking through lists, and also I like kanji (and no I'm not lying). So when Tuttle publishing sent us A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese, I agreed to dig into i…
