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Image caption Eimi Haga became interested in ninjas by watching TV showsA Japanese student of ninja history who handed in a blank paper was given top marks - after her professor realised the ess…
(CNN) — Atop almost every Tokyo visitor's must-see list , Harajuku is one of the city's most name-checked neighborhoods. In geographical terms, it refers to the area around H…
Seen as the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji was completed around 1010 by a woman of the 11th-century Heian court of Japan, who was later given the name Murasaki Shikibu by scholars. …
Image caption Police say the stalker was able to locate his victim by zooming in on the reflection in her eyesA Japanese man accused of stalking and sexually assaulting a young pop star has told poli…
Mikiko Hara is an award-winning Japanese artist known for her square-format snapshot photography. Hara utilizes a classic film camera to unassumingly approach her subjects at close ran…
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 20:43 | All, JapanTrain operators and airlines said Thursday they are planning to or may suspend their services in eastern and western Japan this weekend, as a pow…
Yoshino, 71, encouraged researchers to have a "rebellious spirit with a desire to do something that others never do." Yoshino apologized to his wife at the news conference, saying, …
3 Naomi Osaka has begun the process to select Japanese citizenship in order to compete for Japan at next year's Tokyo Olympics, a source familiar with the matter confirmed Thursday. Osaka, …
KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 18:45 | All, Japan, LifestyleJapanese publishers decided Thursday to print more copies of Michael Faraday's "The Chemical History of a Candle," a d…
KYODO NEWS - 7 hours ago - 15:00 | All, JapanThe world's first cloned cow has died of old age at a research center in central Japan at the age of 21 years and three months, local offic…
