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Rahm Emanuel said the coalition needs the economic equivalent of Nato’s Article 5 for effectiveness.
Efforts to create a new wave of interest in Japanese art and design in Europe are in full flow as the value of their domestic market plunges.
A shoe-mounted device developed by a Honda-backed start-up sends direction prompts by vibration, and app sounds alerts for potential hazards.
Moscow also rejected Tokyo’s protest over the incident, which was made through diplomatic channels.
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With wine consumption down in China, winemakers in Ningxia look to export more, and create new products to meet consumers’ changing tastes.
Financial constraints force Britain to review taking part in the initiative to make one of the world’s most advanced warplanes.
Fast food chain’s skincare subsidiary farms ostriches for beauty products, while it uses their meat. Yoshinoya aims to expand sales of both.
The elevation of the Quad grouping – the US, Australia, Japan and India – is widely seen as a move against Beijing’s increasing presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Body & Soul, in Japan’s capital Tokyo, is celebrating 50 years of hosting jazz greats including Art Blakey, Terumasa Hino and Makoto Ozone.
The top 9 contenders for leadership of Japan’s LDP make their case for why they should be the ones to succeed Kishida.
The country faces calls from tourists who want more vegetarian choices, but find their options limited due to the way food is prepared.
Japanese convenience stores FamilyMart, 7-Eleven and Lawson are becoming a must-visit for tourists, not just for their staggering food selections but for their fashion lines, especially socks.
After his Taiwan to go Sake No. 1 made history in France’s Kura Master sake competition, Taipei bar operator Chiang Wei says he’s looking to share ‘helpful’ perspectives with Japanese brewers.
Researchers intrigued to learn that eating insects in a region of Japan included dragonflies, consumed both as delicacies and for medicinal purposes – a tradition more common than previously thought.
The government, which considers the current period up until the early 2030s the last chance to reverse the country’s declining birth rate, has pledged to implement “unprecedented measures”.
Pyongyang claims Beijing failed to consult it about the deployment, potentially indicating strained communications between the two.
At Yomotsu Hirasaka, a supposed boundary between this world and the next in western Japan, stands a postbox for sending letters to deceased loved ones, which helps many people cope with their grief.
Most people contracted the infections from ticks outdoors but there have been cases involving transmission from pets to humans.
Hotels in central and Western Japan experience surge in booking withdrawals as quake advisory raises travel fears, impacting summer tourism.
In Hiroshima, hit by a US atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 during World War II, a travel company is operating a unique virtual reality tour to offer visitors an immersive window into Japan’s past.
Japanese crime mystery novels are seeing a surge in popularity in Britain, with books such as Kotaro Isaka’s Ax (The Mantis in English) being nominated for Crime Writers’ Association awards.
Last month, Japan recorded temperatures of more than 40 Celsius in various locations, sparking alerts against heatstroke.
Aged six, Toshiko Tanaka survived the Hiroshima bombing that killed all her classmates. She used her cloisonné enamel art to express her feelings about it for decades until, at 70, she finally spoke of it.
Masanori Matsugawa, mayor of Ginowan, was discovered on a bed in his hotel room after he failed to show up at a planned engagement.
The plan emerged as Tokyo aims to acquire ‘counterstrike capabilities’ of attacking targets in enemy territory directly in an emergency, amid Beijing’s military build-up and provocative activities in waters near Japan.
Tourists drawn to Japanese holidays by the low value of the yen could soon be paying more – businesses in Japan have started to charge foreign tourists more than residents for the same experience.
China is a major producer of rare metals, which are crucial for hi-tech products such as batteries and semiconductors.
The Suzutsuki, tasked with monitoring Chinese military drills on the high seas, sailed into waters off Zhejiang province last week.
Jiang Zhuojun, 29, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring with two others to spray-paint the word “toilet” in English on a stone pillar at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
Second-generation Unification Church members are still struggling with the impact of being born into a family of avid followers, such as being denied access to higher education or employment.
