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Isabella Bird's 'Unbeaten Tracks in Japan': Encounterin...
During her 12-day stay in Nikko, Isabella Bird made an overnight trip to Yumoto ...
Saudi Arabia shuts down pipeline as Houthis seize islan...
CAIRO (AP) -- Saudi Arabia said Friday it shut down a major pipeline a day after...
More than 500,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine, UK ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- More than half a million Russian troops have been killed i...
Volcanic alert level raised for Hokkaido's Mt. Tokachi
SAPPORO (Kyodo) Japan's weather agency on Saturday raised the volcanic alert le...
What's happening at TIFF: An 'Obsession' victory lap, M...
TORONTO (AP) -- The 51st Toronto International Film Festival is underway, with s...
China to hike visa fees for Japan nationals around 7-fo...
The Chinese Embassy in Tokyo said Friday that entry visa fees for Japanese natio...
Over 30% of unmarried people in Japan do not want child...
More than 30 percent of unmarried people aged 18 to 34 in Japan do not wish to h...
Mount Koya temple lodging operators underreported over ...
Several religious corporations operating temple lodgings on Mount Koya, a UNESCO...
With no pandas at home, Japanese fans visit Xiang Xiang...
YA'AN, China (Kyodo) -- With Japan now without pandas for the first time in near...
Influenza cases in Japan rise 1.87-fold from previous w...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's health ministry said Friday that the number of influenz...
Mount Fuji's climbing season ends; foreigners accounted...
Mount Fuji's climbing season ended on Thursday, with foreigners accounting for 3...
Japan deploys equipment to Borneo to help fight wildfir...
A Japanese military transport ship docked on the island of Borneo on Thursday as...
Amsterdam museum unveils Kusama show weeks after her death
More than 300 works by Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama go on display i...
Japan Aug. wholesale prices up 7.6%, remain above 7% fo...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's wholesale prices in August rose 7.6 percent from a year...
9/11 overshadows other major events of the past 25 year...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twenty-five years later, the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, are s...
Japan police agency ponders hiring foreigners in unders...
TOKYO -- Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) is set to establish an expert pane...
