To celebrate the opening, Tegoneya is having a "crazy" promotion—offering 10,000 free tsukune skewers of all kinds on a first-come, first-served basis—until supplies last.
In the world of commercial whaling, whalers cannot just hunt as they please – there is an annual quota set by the government. However, they must...
The Jizō statue’s mythology runs deep in Japan and travellers appreciate his protection.
Japan’s participation in the Korean War is not a secret. It helped defend South Korea, sending crews and minesweepers into actual combat during the crucial first...
Allowing married couples to register different surnames could lead to the collapse of Japan’s family registry system.
Japan is full of beauty that is accessible for all four seasons. Gunma Prefecture provides a wonderful example, so why not travel there when the state...
“When I did this shoot, I pretended I was doing a portrait session with the Buddha. This forced me to look at the statue as more...
The Sanriku Railway was particularly heavily damaged in 2011 and only restored full operation in 2019. Now it is seen as a symbol of hope.
With the compounding effect of COVID making the on-site show impossible again this year, E3 organizer the Entertainment Software Association had a lot to prove with...
Popular since its launch, “Cells at Work!” is the perfect vehicle to demonstrate COVID-19 prevention measures and tackle a dilemma that Japan and the rest of...
His Nobel Prize-winning research is widely used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, due in large part to Negishi and his colleagues’ wise decision not to patent...
It’s being sold under the moniker of the ‘Michinoku Design’, where Michinoku is a former province of Japan that spanned the three modern-day prefectures of Aomori,...