Former student of tsunami-hit school returns to serve as guide
October 19, 2021
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Mako meets her grandparents last time as part of royal family
October 25, 2021 In her last meeting with her grandparents as a member of the imperial family, Princess Mako visited Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko on Oct. 25 to inform them of her impending marriage.Saga to rebuild relics of Japan’s first railroad to honor ‘architect’
October 26, 2021 SAGA--Nearly 150 years after Japan’s first railroad went into service, remnants of that railway unearthed in central Tokyo are headed for a new life in this western prefecture to honor the man whose efforts made it possible.
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Depp film spurs Milan Minamata disease studies by Japanese kids
October 26, 2021 The Johnny Depp film "Minamata,” rather than a Japanese source, motivated Japanese students at a school in Milan to want to study Minamata disease, one of the worst ecological disasters to have befallen Japan.
October 26, 2021
Tokyo’s COVID-19 cases set another record low for the year, at 17
October 25, 2021
More dubious cash transfers found in Nihon University probe
October 25, 2021
Bars, restaurants resume normal operations in greater Tokyo, Osaka
October 25, 2021
Opposition rallies to upset LDP in Shizuoka by-election
October 25, 2021
Hokkaido town’s plan to host nuke waste on ballot in mayoral race
October 21, 2021
Kishida mum on vote-buying scandal during Hiroshima trip
October 21, 2021
Toyota testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars
October 25, 2021
Algae that killed off marine life in Hokkaido from Russia
October 24, 2021
Softbank in talks to sell French robotics business to Germany’s United Robotics
October 22, 2021
South Korea plots course to scrapping COVID curbs by early 2022
October 26, 2021
Facebook profits rise amid revelations from leaked documents
October 26, 2021
Myanmar skips ASEAN summit to protest general’s exclusion
October 26, 2021
Algae that killed off marine life in Hokkaido from Russia
October 24, 2021
Exercise of little help to those who sit at home working all day
October 24, 2021
Japanese vaccine using smaller dose than Pfizer, Moderna in trials
October 19, 2021
Film shows different side of 30-year war holdout Onoda
October 25, 2021
Rare cultural treasures in Kyoto go on public view
October 25, 2021
Composer Toshio Hosokawa given prestigious Goethe Medal
October 23, 2021
Halloween event kicks off at Tokyo Disneyland first time in 2 years
October 25, 2021
Thomas the Tank Engine parked at Kyoto museum until Jan. 10
October 22, 2021
Lisa’s Wanderings Around Japan/ Shirahamajinja: Earth-shaking spirits emanate where 3 tectonic plates meet
October 19, 2021
Former student of tsunami-hit school returns to serve as guide
October 19, 2021
Maintenance, oysters expected to raise deficit at Olympic venues
October 13, 2021
JR East estimate: Arakawa river flooding to affect 11 lines in Tokyo
October 21, 2021
GOHAN LAB/ Fried tofu and greens simmered in broth: Dream ensemble offers mouthfuls of rich and healthy umami
October 20, 2021
ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray
October 15, 2021
AUTHORS ALIVE!: Murakami adds voice to his work in reading with Yoko Ogawa
October 22, 2021
Ostrich chicks 10 days old bump into each other taking baby steps
October 15, 2021
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Haruki Murakami and other writers read from books before selected audiences at the new Haruki Murakami Library.
The Asahi Shimbun aims “to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” through its Gender Equality Declaration.
Let’s explore the Japanese capital from the viewpoint of wheelchair users and people with disabilities with Barry Joshua Grisdale.
