Legendary sushi chef to turn 100YO
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko / Happy birthday sir Ono Jiro.Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko visited Ginza’s renowned sushi res...
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Worlds oldest fossil of dome-headed dinosaur discovered in Mongolia
The world’s oldest fossil of pachycephalosaur, commonly known as a dome-headed dinosaur, was discovered in Mongolia’s Go...
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More Russians expected to travel to Japan for autumn foliage
Hirayama Koichi, NNN Moscow bureau / We are in front of the Japanese Embassy in Moscow. It’s still about an hour before ...
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70kg debris falls from wall at Asakusa Station
70-kilogram-worth of debris fell from a building in Asakusa on September 17, due to what is believed to be deterioration...
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Foreign visitors to Japan hit record 3.4 million for August
The Japan National Tourism Organization said the number of foreign visitors to the country in August totaled 3,428,000.T...
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Series of quakes rattles Tokara islands in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan
A series of earthquakes has rattled the Tokara islands of Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan from the night of S...
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Seibu Prince Hotels set to acquire US-based Ace Hotels
Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide announced on September 16 that it will acquire all shares of US-based Ace Group Internatio...
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Osaka's Kishiwada Danjiri Festival kicks off
Osaka’s Kishiwada Danjiri Festival kicks off on September 13. The highlight of the centuries-old festival, the yarimawas...
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Reconstruction minister inspects reuse of Fukushima's decontaminated soil in Tokyo
Minister for Reconstruction Ito Tadahiko inspected a flower bed at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo where decontaminat...
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Japans mobile payment app PayPay to begin overseas usage
Japan’s mobile payment app PayPay announced plans to begin overseas usage for verified users in a press conference held ...
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