A local planetarium damaged in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake will observe its 30th anniversary on Jan. 17 by stopping its ...
Tokyo topped the rankings of Japan's 47 prefectures in terms of the amount of spending money adults have, followed by ...
Okagi Hayashi, a 115-year-old woman in Toki in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, has become the country's oldest person ...
More than 100 runners, wishing to be this year's "lucky men," have competed in an early morning race at a shrine in western ...
Okagi Hayashi, a 115-year-old woman in Toki in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, has become the country's oldest person ...
The world’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, died the night of Dec. 29. She died from natural causes and lived to be 116 years ...
Heavy snowstorms continue in areas along the Sea of Japan. Although their intensity is somewhat decreasing, meteorologists ...
The most common way to enjoy Goto udon in Shinkamigoto is “jigoku-daki” (literally “hell boiling”), which involves taking the ...
Okagi Hayashi, a 115-year-old woman in Toki in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, has become the country's oldest person following the death in late December of the previous titleholder, who lived to the ...
Fraudsters, often posing as police officers, are increasingly targeting elderly people by persuading them to provide gold ...
Nara's Horyuji Temple is another World Heritage Site. Its central gate, main hall, and five-story pagoda were built around ...
Social media proved to be a powerful campaign tool in 2024 elections, shocking political parties that had stuck to ...