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A Japanese woman has become the first person ever to receive an iPS corneal transplant. In an incredible feat of medical advancement, a team from Osaka University in Japan conducted the first…
Tokyo (CNN) A woman from Southeast Asia has become the first transgender person to receive a long-term residential visa in Japan, according to her lawyer. This special permit is usually awa…
The much-anticipated, long-in-development remake of Final Fantasy VII seemed like it was everywhere. Fittingly, the massive presence of FFVII Remake largely overshadowed another m…
KYODO NEWS - 10 hours ago - 18:05 | All, JapanA restaurant in southwestern Japan sold discount sashimi rice bowls using fish caught in an organized crime group's illegal poaching opera…
KYODO NEWS - 13 hours ago - 15:30 | Sports, AllTOKYO - Yokozuna Hakuho, a record 42-time sumo grand champion, has acquired Japanese citizenship after relinquishing his Mongolian n…
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Japan’s controversial annual dolphin hunt is underway in waters close to the coastal village of Taiji. During the hunt, which has been carried out for decades, the animals are rounded up and dri…
This weekend the yearly event kicked off in Taiji, a town in the south of the country. The hunt started rather unsuccessfully on Sunday when, Japanese media reported, boats returned with no dolp…
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Taiji hunt, seen here during the 2014 season, has received widespread criticismJapan has started its controversial annual dolphin hunt in the coastal town of Tai…
VideoAfter 33 years, Japanese fishermen have once again started hunting whales commercially. For some in the country, this is a tradition that goes back centuries, but there's a growing num…
