Sendai Tanabata displays hopes for revival

People in northern Japan have created giant streamer decorations as a way of wishing for a better future.Each year r...

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Aum splinter group raided over ‘pilgrimage’ tours

Police in Japan are probing a splinter group of the deadly Aum Shinrikyo cult for operating an unlicensed travel age...

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Truth or lies—it’s all in the brain

We all know we feel different when telling the truth or lying. Now researchers in Japan have identified a part of th...

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