Au debuts new cell phone line
Super thin phones and curved screens were on display as Japanese cell phone giant au debuted a new line of models today ...
read moreOne thousand dolls on display
A massive show of 1,000 dolls is wowing visitors at a museum in central Japan.The traditional dolls, known as hina-ningy...
read moreSnackmaking in the cold
In the coldest part of the year in a town in central Japan, a small workshop is bustling with workers making “kakimochi,...
read moreAbe meets the majors
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met on Tuesday Red Sox players Koji Uehara and Junichi Tazawa. Both are pitchers for t...
read moreSupermarket sales down 17th straight year
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s so-called Abenomics has given Japan’s stock market a lift.But Abenomics hasn’t been...
read moreAbe Cabinet support rebounds
Support for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is rebounding from a dip following the passage of a controversial state se...
read morePurification by freezing waterfall
Monday was the coldest day of the year in Japan, according to the traditional calendar.The day was an occasion for some ...
read morePoliticians protest California comfort women statue
A small statue in a California park is causing an international controversy.The statue is dedicated to World War Two's s...
read moreKobe marks 19 years since quake
Japan is approaching three years since a giant tsunami smashed into the country*s northeast in March, 2011. But today, p...
read moreFukushima Update #18“Nuclear debate makes a comeback”
A candidate for the post of Tokyo governor is running on an anti-nuclear platform with the backing of former prime minis...
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