The latest major train station in Tokyo will open on the Yamanote Line, the JR railway link that forms a circular loop around the center of the city.

In 2020, the twentieth station in the line will o…

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A 2017 white paper published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries revealed that 15.3% of 1,786 survey respondents ate all of their daily meals alone more than half of the week, whi…

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If you live in Japan or plan on visiting (for the Olympics or any other time), these five locations will allow you to retrace some of James Bond’s globetrotting footsteps here. Since March 2018, Moun…

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These are modern day heroes. Dressed in traditional threads, they walk the streets of Japan. When they see trash, they pick it up, and throw it away. Bless them.

They’re called Isse Ichidai Jidaigumi…

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If you are visiting Japan, stay in a capsule hotel. At least for a night. It’s part of the experience. And here are some of the coolest-looking capsule hotels the country has to offer.

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This site lists onsen (hot springs), sento (public baths), gyms, hotels, inns, pools and beaches that accept tattoos.

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Tokyo's buzzing Roppongi district is a picture of neon-lit modernity, where glistening skyscrapers stand amid designer boutiques and late-night bars. At the two-story barbecue restaurant Nikunotoriko…

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Sumo wrestler Tochinoshin, who was recently promoted to the sport's second-highest rank, said Sunday he plans to ask Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili to build a sumo ring in his homeland.

The…

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A couple of decades ago, when the post-war baby boom generation was in its prime earning and tax-paying years, governments had a chance to guarantee the survival of their financial systems.

But they …

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Japanese medical researchers just gained approval to treat patients with heart disease through a unique stem cell process. The technique is called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells -- stems cells …

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