In an exclusive interview with Sankei Shimbun Newspaper on July 11th, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike expressed her desire for a female vice governor in the...
There is trend now called the “100-yen store DIY (Do It Yourself),” where products from 100-yen stores are used to do home projects that range...
Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan ⓒteamMIURA Organist, harpsichordist, and conductor Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan ensemble are set to finish recording...
Several kilograms of gold bullion were found in two toilets on a Vanilla Air low-cost carrier flight from Taipei bound for Kansai International Airport...
As record rains in northern Kyushu lead to widespread damage, the Imperial Household Ministry has decided to postpone the wedding announcement of Princess Mako, the...
What lets us know that someone has lived? Mao Kobayashi, a television personality who passed away on June 22 from breast cancer, had her blog....
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), announced plans to submit the Diet a draft new Constitution by...
All of Japan is currently captivated by the 14-year-old Souta Fujii. Undefeated since his debut match last December, the youngest ever professional shogi (or Japanese...
A lecture by author Naoki Hyakuta, scheduled for June 10 at the Hitotsubashi University, has been cancelled due to pressure from various groups opposed to his...
Rights advocates roundly condemned in a recent symposium the violations being committed by China in Baluchistan, the biggest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ...
“There’s a tendency to underestimate North Korea’s capabilities for political reasons,” Jenny Town, a leading researcher from John Hopkins University in Washington DC, said...
United Nations Office at Geneva David Kaye In April of 2016, United Nations Special Rapporteur David Kaye visited Japan to study the state of...