Kyoto authorities announced Tuesday plans to hike lodging taxes, as Japan's ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles from locals about too many tourists. Lured by… Read
As Japan marks five years on Wednesday since its first confirmed case of COVID-19, government data show that over 70 million people in the country… Read
CrimeA former employee of MUFG Bank was arrested Tuesday over the alleged theft of valuables from customers' safe deposit boxes, police said. Yukari Imamura, 46,… Read
BusinessThe number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan exceeded 10,000 for the first time in 11 years in 2024 as businesses faced a worsening labor shortage… Read
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Mitsuko Shino, ambassador of Japan to Germany, at a New Year's reception for the diplomatic corps at Bellevue Palace in Berlin on… See
How do you feel when someone you are greeting wants to hug you or kiss you on the cheek? Do you think the custom can be misinterpreted in some cultures, such as Japan? Read
As Japan accepts foreigners, the police need to secure the necessary systems and budgets to respond appropriately, which includes hiring interpreters for foreign suspects.Takahiro Akedo,…
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When Donald Trump first offered to buy Greenland in 2019, he was widely ridiculed and nothing much came of it, apart from a cancelled state visit to Denmark. Fast… Read
Several sexual revolutions ago there was something called the Sexual Revolution – free love made possible by new social attitudes and a new pill that decoupled sex… Read