Five minutes from Kawasaki Station, this unusual arcade stands nonchalantly between regular tower blocks as if completely unaware of it’s faux-rusty exterior next to their polished cement. Impossible…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

A UNESCO committee has decided to register a group of monuments in western Japan as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

The sacred island of Okinoshima and associated sites in Fukuoka Prefecture's Munaka…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

People in Brazil have enjoyed sampling Japanese "wagyu" premium marbled beef and other local dishes in an annual festival of Japanese culture.

The 20th edition of the Festival of Japan was held on Su…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

Weather officials say the northern part of the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan has seen unprecedented rainfall since Wednesday.

On Thursday afternoon, the Meteorological Agency lifted emergency r…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

The Japanese and European space agencies have unveiled their joint probe to be launched to Mercury.

Many mysteries remain about Mercury. Ionized gases and high temperatures linked to its nearness to …

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

There is a major shortage in hotel rooms as Tokyo continues to experience a tourism boom. This has led to all sorts of novelties, from Airbnb’s advance in the local market to even love hotels convert…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 10 months ago | 1 comment

The Tokyo Fire Department has begun offering multilingual call-handling to improve efficiency of service when emergency calls are made by foreigners in the Japanese capital.

24-hour interpretation se…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 1 comment

In a world first, Okayama University Hospital has succeeded in combining parts of a brain-dead donor’s lungs to make one lung and transplanted it into a woman in her 50s.

The lower parts of both of t…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

This is in a good way (well, assuming you accept that celebrities should be promoting beer), which celebrities in beer adverts give people a thirst.

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 10 months ago | 2 comments

In Sunday's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's new regional party and candidates supporting her have secured a majority in the assembly. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's L…

posted by  Tanuki | 7 years, 10 months ago | 2 comments