Designer Akira Minagawa, of the faux-Finnish brand minä perhonen, has collaborated with seasoned architect Yoshifumi Nakamura to renovate and transform a Kyoto machiya into a rentable guesthouse.
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In the heart of the Marunouchi business district, Apple will open its newest and largest store in Japan across from the historic Tokyo Station this Saturday, September 7. Apple Marunouchi is Apple’s …

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When scientists here set out to apply artificial intelligence to the study of animal behavior, they weren't monkeying around.
Researchers from Kyoto University and Oxford University have developed a …

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An American in a same-sex marriage recognized in the United States plans to file a lawsuit to obtain a residence status that will allow him to continue living in Japan with his Japanese partner.
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One person died and at least 34 were injured on Thursday when a truck and an express train with 500 people aboard collided in Japan's second-largest city of Yokohama, setting the truck on fire and de…

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A partial tail of the dinosaur was first discovered in the outer shelf deposits of the Upper Cretaceous Hakobuchi Formation in the Hobetsu district of Mukawa Town, Hokkaido, in 2013. Ensuing excavati…

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In May this year, prize-winning essayist Uchizawa Junko published Sutōkā tono 700 nichi sensō (My 700-day War with a Stalker), a detailed account of her personal and legal struggle with a relationshi…

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(CNN) Japan's National Police Agency has asked the government to pay for more than 100 police officers to guard the country's remote territories, including a group of contested islands that are also …

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The members of the Japanese national rugby team hail from all corners of the world. Each has his own reason for playing under the Rising Sun flag, but one thing they all have in common is their aptit…

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Chipmakers have spent two decades pouring investment into a revolutionary new technique to push the limits of physics and cram more transistors onto slices of silicon.
Now that technology is on the c…

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