Once again this summer, city municipal art and history museums will stay open until 9 PM on Friday evenings (also Thursdays at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum) for Summer Night Museum 2019.

Five ve…

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More than eight years have passed since a monster earthquake and tsunami struck Northeast Japan and triggered what became, after Chernobyl, the worst nuclear disaster in history at the Fukushima Daii…

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The streets are motionless. Items hang untouched on clotheslines, bleached by the sun. A clock shows 2:46, and it always will. More than eight years after an earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown …

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A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit off Fukushima in Japan.

It was also felt in the capital Tokyo, some 250km away.

The epicentre of the earthquake, which struck at 7.23pm local time, was off the coas…

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Arimatsu, in central Japan, is the town that tie-dye built. Along its historic main street, fabric merchant houses have stood for centuries. When shopkeepers hang out their shingles here, the signs a…

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The Kyoto Animation building is seen on fire in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on July 18, 2019. (Mainichi/Naohiro Yamada)

The website of Kyoto Animation.

KYOTO -- An arson attack at a Kyoto Animation studio o…

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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.

For decades now, Japanese …

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(CNN) — More than half a million people in Tokyo are being asked to work from home as part of a trial scheme aimed at tackling transport congestion ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in the city.

Over 2…

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KYODO NEWS - 4 hours ago - 13:56 | All, Japan

Tokyo DisneySea will launch next Tuesday a new flight simulator attraction allowing visitors to soar over famous world landmarks such as the Great Wall o…

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SNA (Tokyo) — “Give birth to at least three kids” was the solution proposed by Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshitaka Sakurada to address Japan’s population decline, and although his ill-chosen …

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