A special winter train equipped with traditional Japanese "kotatsu" heaters has begun operating in northern Japan, along the Pacific coast.

The first train departed from Sanriku Railway's Kuji Statio…

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“It’s a job anyone can do.”

So tweeted entrepreneur Takafumi Horie in October about nursery teachers, immediately triggering a firestorm online that put the issue of their low wages back in the spotl…

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Japan's space agency says its asteroid probe Hayabusa2 is on course to reach its target between Earth and Mars in about 6 months.

JAXA told reporters on Thursday that the probe is flying at around 24…

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A window-like object about 1-meter square has fallen on an elementary school near a US airbase in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa.

Officials of Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan City …

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A Japanese high court has ordered the operator of Ikata nuclear plant in southwestern Japan to shut down one of its reactors. The decision is the first of its kind by a high court in the country.

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The Japanese government and Hokkaido Railway Company plan to shorten the travel time between Tokyo and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station in Hokkaido.

Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet trains currently connect th…

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Japan's transport ministry will set up a panel this month to consider how self-navigating ships can be put into practical use.

The ministry says that in the past 5 years, human error was the cause of…

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Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have unveiled 3 final sets of candidates for the Games' mascots.

The organizing committee announced the finalists from more than 2,000 applicatio…

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A 15-centimeter object that apparently fell from a US military aircraft has been found on the roof of a nursery in Okinawa, southern Japan.

Staff at Midorigaoka nursery in Ginowan City say they found…

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Japan's transport ministry has decided to mandate seatbelts and other safety features on go-karts that run on public roads.

Go-kart tours are popular mostly among foreign tourists to Japan. But they'…

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