Small-scale workshops making washi by hand could once be found all over Japan. But the arrival of modern machi […]
Iwao Sumiko, psychologist and professor emeritus at Keio University, passed away in Tokyo on January 11, 2018. […]
Tokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)—The Justice Ministry said Friday that it will take steps to address a rise in peop […]
Niigata, Jan. 10 (Jiji Press)—Niigata-based Ryūto Shinkō, the first Japanese company to train and dispatch gei […]
Tokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)—Japan will strengthen efforts in fiscal 2018 to encourage people who tend to isola […]
Sumō boasts an impressive history that by some accounts stretches back 2,000 years. Nearly every aspect of the […]
Tokyo, Jan. 11 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Sony Corp on Thursday revived its Aibo robot pet dog after a 12-year break […]
Japan is seeing a steady uptick in abandoned real estate, weighed down by falling land prices, back taxes, and […]
Visitors to Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, place small money offerings on a 2.3-meter lo […]
Tokyo, Jan. 11 (Jiji Press)—Hitachi Ltd. is in talks with parties including a Japanese government-affiliated l […]