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Photo: Getty ImagesProfessional wrestler and Terrace House cast member Hana Kimura died on Saturday, confirmed Japanese wrestling organization Stardom Wrestling. Kimura began her wrestling caree…
Photo : Getty ImagesTokyo Disneyland, Legoland Japan, and Universal Studios Japan will close their gates for at least two weeks on Saturday over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak that has sicke…
Pretty much everyone in Japan loves hot springs, and hot springs can be found pretty much everywhere in Japan. So if you’re in a romantic relationship here, sooner or later you and your partner …
The Tokyo National Museum is, unsurprisingly, one of the best places to see Japanese works of art and historical artifacts. In the case of Mikazuki Munechika, marking called uchi no ke, shaped l…
KYODO NEWS - 4 hours ago - 09:25 | All, Japan, CoronavirusAn Osaka Prefecture-based toothpick manufacturer has released a new product to help people reduce the risk of contracting the …
Most of Suzuki’s employees are freelancers who were already teleworking, so a physical office space made little practical and economical sense. Hirokazu Yamaguchi, a manager at NEC Corp.’s corpo…
Hana Kimura, a female professional wrestler who was among the cast of the popular Japanese reality series Terrace House, has died at 22, her wrestling organisation said, after she reportedly faced on…
Whichever way you look at it, the publication of The Swamp by Yoshiharu Tsuge is a big deal. The Swamp, which gathers together 11 stories from the mid-60s, is the first volume in a series o…
As Japan’s voluntary policy of “jishuku“, or self-restraint, continues, more and more people are working from home, and families are spending more time together than ever before. However, 3…
And there’s also ANGEL LIBRARY, a cafe in the Gion District of Kyoto, that is so exclusive you need a special code to even get inside. It’s merely a distractionto keep the masses away from the h…
