The sidewalks of Japan are about to get a little more crowded and a whole lot cuter, because next month a new series of sushi-delivering robots will debut, and they’re small and red and adorable.

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Summer in Japan is not just hot, but also humid. This makes it much more uncomfortable than summer whether in Salt Lake City, where the temperatures are much higher but the overall feeling is better …

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Hundreds of people were taken to hospitals across Japan with symptoms of heatstroke on Sunday, as the intense hot weather continues.

Fire departments and police say at least 846 people received medic…

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A ramen museum near Tokyo has undergone a major facelift to lure more foreign visitors.

The Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum is bigger than ever.

Among the new attractions is a bilingual exhibit showing t…

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Pokemon GO players in Japan spend the most money per user on the game by a wide margin. App analytics firm Sensor Tower reports a $26 per download figure in Japan. The next-closest country is the Uni…

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A serial murder trial in Japan took a cinematic turn this week when the accused, nicknamed the Black Widow by the news media, confessed in open court to having fatally poisoned her husband.

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Tokyo: By most measures, it's the biggest city in the world. For every well-known shopping, sightseeing or nightlife district -- Shibuya, Roppongi, Asakusa -- there are scores of neighborhoods that b…

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WeWork Cos, a co-working space startup backed by SoftBank Group Corp., is making its first foray into Japan with 10 to 20 locations in central Tokyo, reports Japan Times.

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Japan has a long history of small shopping streets and tiny markets. In fact, despite the population density, American-style mall culture never took off here. The back streets of even the most crowde…

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Japan has its own unique assortment of usual suspect insects lurking — and possibly breeding — in your house. Last month’s news of venomous South American fire ants found in Japan is just the latest …

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