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Tokyo in the summer is not a pleasant experience. The combination of extreme heat and humidity renders one a slave to the air conditioner as you move from location to location, looking for the next r…
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. Fi…
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…
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 …
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 of…
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 si…
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…
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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. O…
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 t…
