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Japanese architects Shimpei Oda and Tetsuya Tanji made only subtle changes to this unfinished office unit in Nara, to turn it into a design studio. The two architects, who lead the studios Shimp…
VideoJapanese fire fighters battled a massive fire that consumed an historic Japanese castle early on Thursday morning. Shuri Castle, which was originally built 500 years ago, is a Unesco World …
Nintendo’s third-quarter earnings are out, and they reveal that the company sold 4.8 million Switch consoles between July and September, a year-on-year increase of just over 50 percent…
• Team’s base before final is close to Chofu airport • Drone-shot footage used by coaches to review training sessionsEngland’s preparations for the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday hit a glitch…
TOKYO/OSAKA (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.T) second-quarter operating profit more than doubled, blowing past analyst estimates, on strong demand for its Switch console. REUTERS/M…
KYODO NEWS - 5 hours ago - 14:36 | All, Japan, LifestyleA huge replica of Godzilla will open next summer at an anime theme park in western Japan, the operator said Thursday. The "…
By GaijinPot Blog Oct 31, 2019 1 min readA slightly mummified corpse greeted police officers when they stormed room 1272 of the Marroad International Hotel back in the late ‘90s. Hotel staff had…
Tokyo — Japanese police said they found a body on Mount Fuji on Wednesday and are verifying whether it is that of a man who was seen falling down a snow-covered slope while livestreaming his cli…
Police have found a body during a search for a man who fell while livestreaming his climb of Japan’s Mount Fuji. Rescuers found the body on Wednesday at an altitude of about 9,800ft up the 12,38…
Photos: Rugby World Cup 2019 in pictures Wales takes on South Africa in the second semifinal in Yokohama Sunday. Hide Caption 13 of 192Photos: Rugby World Cup 2019 in pictures Fans react during …
