KYODO NEWS - 8 hours ago - 23:43 | All, Japan

Bowing and at times teary, the president of Japanese entertainment powerhouse Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. said Monday he wants to withdraw punishment of two popu…

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KYODO NEWS - 10 hours ago - 22:08 | All, Japan

The government will give compensation to 22 people who underwent forced sterilization under a now-defunct eugenics law but do not have direct records of…

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KYODO NEWS - 19 hours ago - 13:01 | All, World, Lifestyle, Japan

Princess Mako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, touched down at Tokyo's Haneda airport Monday morning, returning from an official trip to …

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KYODO NEWS - 13 hours ago - 18:58 | Sports, News, All

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee and International Surfing Association got a hint of what to expect when surfing makes its Olympic debut next …

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Planning your trip, but not sure of the best time to visit Tokyo? There are pros and cons to each season.

Winter

Outside of the Christmas–New Year corridor, winter is off-season for Tokyo and tickets…

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by Roger McDonald

In his combative and much-meditated-upon essay, “On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life”, Friedrich Nietzsche identified a number of ways that the dead legacy of the …

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On popular demand, I’m reviving a reoccurring theme of mine: teaching economic history through the lens of popular culture. Today: bonds, yields and 18th century English financial planning.

In what i…

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A foreign object residing in Japan for centuries will never genuinely be accepted into society.

“これはテーブルです,” says local resident Haruko Fujimoto.

Tables have often been a great resource for heavy lif…

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Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.

In the anime Fi…

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On YouTube you can find a couple of videos of the Japanese author Yukio Mishima being interviewed in English, conducted in the late 1960s. In one, the grainy black-and-white footage features Mishima …

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