Youngster Sota Kitano netted a pair of goals to spark Cerezo Osaka to a 5-2 victory over local rivals Gamba Osaka in their ...

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will designate in advance local governments that will dispatch relief ...

The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

The Anime Tourism Association released this year's list of "Anime Pilgrimage Sites People Should Visit", making the total number of such identified sites over 120 from over 100 di ...

Be lord (and lady) of 400-year-old Fukuyama Castle in western Japan by booking a stay in its moon-viewing turret; meals, ...

Sometimes, cooking is like an alchemic symphony, a mixture of science, art, and a touch of something else that simultaneously ...

The Naoshima New Museum of Art, designed by world-renowned architect Tadao Ando, is set to open on May 31 on Naoshima Island ...

TAKAMATSU, Japan >> A new technology in which udon noodles are turned into paper has been developed in Kagawa prefecture, famous for the chewy Sanuki udon, and preparations are underway to put the ...

SHINKAMIGOTO, Japan >> A town in Nagasaki prefecture’s Goto Islands last year set up a government department devoted to the area’s specialty noodles, Goto udon.

A member of the Japanese Olympic Committee board expressed opposition Thursday to an executive order signed by U.S. President ...

A fourth-year university student and volunteer staffer, 22-year-old Rin Hiraoka, said, "It's not just a place to eat; it's a place to be for everyone." Meanwhile, Takemi Sakikawa, a 34-year-old ...

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