Economic growth strategy minister Minoru Kiuchi signed a visitor's book as a minister and offered a tamagushi sacred tree branch at his own expense.
China said a group of its naval vessels, including a destroyer, passed through a waterway between two islands administered by the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday as…
Japanese convenience store chain serves up two green tea drinks for a limited time. 7-Eleven struck gold when it launched an exclusive line of smoothies at its stores around Japan in 2023. The freshly
Police are also investigating their possible involvement in nearly 10 over similar incidents, including some involving sexual assault.
The process of adopting the euro typically takes several years as aspirants work to meet requirements centered around keeping public finances and inflation under control.
Since July 2024, Ukraine's top prosecutor said radars had detected at least 92 Russian drones that flew within a 5-km radius of the Chernobyl plant's radiation shield.
The number of immigrants residing in the European Union climbed to a record high of 64.2 million in 2025, up about 2.1 million from a year earlier, according…
Sip your coffee to the backdrop of a magnificent, panoramic view next to this Starbucks in Toyama Prefecture. Starbucks Japan will often go to great lengths in designing its branches to blend in with
Made of pure silver, the Showa coin has a diameter of 40 millimeters and weighs 31.1 grams.
Gout Gout has earned comparisons with the Jamaican sprinting great and the 18-year-old is already being talked about in Australia as a potential gold medalist at Brisbane 2032.
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