Sledding slope covered with artificial snow opens in Hakone
A sledding slope packed with artificial snow is open at the Hakone-en resort facility on the shores of Lake Ashinoko here to ...
China unveils plan to build ‘strong education nation’ by 2035
BEIJING--China issued its first national action plan to build a “strong education nation” by 2035, which it said would help coordinate its education development, improve efficiencies in innovation and ...
Vice President Han Zheng, China’s representative at Trump’s inauguration, is a trusted adviser to Xi
TAIPEI--Vice President Han Zheng, China’s representative at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, is a trusted adviser to ...
Southeast Asia foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea dispute
Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, ...
Dentsu company overbilled health ministry for COVID-19 project
A Dentsu Group Inc. company said it will return about 110 million yen ($705,000) it received from overbilling the health ...
Manga gives new face to dual portrayals of Ryomen Sukuna
Ryomen Sukuna, a legendary figure with two heads and four arms, was given a more normal human appearance in a globally ...
Scores of Afghans have left for the U.S. after their visas were processed in the Philippines
MANILA--Nearly 200 Afghan nationals have been flown on to the United States after their special immigration visas were ...
Survey: 1 in 3 young people go into debt, usually for living costs
OSAKA--One in three young people between the ages of 13 and 25 has borrowed money from financial institutions, relatives or ...
Mandarin prices jump after insect, summer heat damage harvests
The price of mikan from Hamamatsu’s Mikkabi district, a famous production area in Shizuoka Prefecture, was set at 780 yen ($5 ...
Intoxicating story of how sake brewery found success overseas
Serious rice wine drinkers overseas tend to fall over themselves trying to get their hands on “ginjo” high-quality sake ...
Gifu ground subsidence likely due to maglev tunnel work
Ground subsidence in Gifu Prefecture was likely caused by tunnel construction work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo ...
Used Japanese vehicles popular in Russia despite trade sanctions
Secondhand Japanese vehicles remain in high demand in Russia despite soaring prices caused by the export restrictions Tokyo ...