
High costs and lack of privacy slow uptake of OTC emergency contraceptives
Having to receive explanations about the pill from pharmacists and take it in front of them poses significant hurdles for buyers seeking anonymity.

Having to receive explanations about the pill from pharmacists and take it in front of them poses significant hurdles for buyers seeking anonymity.

Jiro Hamasumi, secretary-general of Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was exposed to the bomb while still in his mother's womb in Hiroshima.

60-ish birthday celebration is coming to Shibuya. Sega is in a pretty good spot these days. After years of being little more than a sleeper hit outside Japan, the Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise is now

Fukuoka native Yuya Nakamura has big shoes to fill as he takes over from the talented Santiago Fernandez.

Veterinarians in Aichi Prefecture are loaning guinea pigs to schools. This initiative provides hands-on learning experiences where schools no longer keep permanent classroom pets.

Soaring oil prices driven by the war in the Middle East are threatening to deal a final blow to the traditional public bathhouse.

WHAT Museum's group exhibition "Corrugated/Coral — Eight Practices to Project Architecture Afar" aims to visualize how humans influence architecture and vice versa.

Many analysts believe the effects of the latest intervention will be short-lived as the factors that contribute to a weaker yen remain unchanged.
Rui Hachimura put up 21 points for the Lakers in the victory.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to deliver an update to Japan's decade-old "Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy," as Tokyo looks to build up regional ties to counter China.

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