Tokyo, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Draft general-account budgets for fiscal 2025 hit record highs in 16 of Japan's 20 government ordinance-designated big cities, reflecting price hikes and expansion of ...

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As Japantown residents and community leaders prepared to gather this weekend to mark the anniversary of the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, living survivors ...

The city of Settsu, in Osaka Prefecture ... According to the country's association of randoseru makers, which is part of the Japan Luggage Association, prices of randoseru purchased for children ...

micro-forests in cities offer an essential opportunity to combat deforestation. The Miyawaki Forest Technique, invented by Japanese botanist and plant ecology expert Professor Akira Miyawaki in ...

Sounds like a dream, right? It's currently only available in Japan, meaning those in other parts of the world are still waiting for a chance to get our hands (or heads) on it. There's no word yet ...

Arsenal ignored their injury woes to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool as Mikel Merino inspired a 2-0 win against Leicester, while Omar Marmoush's hat-trick fired Manchester City's 4-0 ...

Given the falling birthrate and aging population, there is an increasing need for foreign workers in Japan, meaning more support is needed to ensure mistakes from the past do not repeat themselves.

But compared with U.S. and Chinese cities that also made it to the top 10 list, Japan’s capital is home to a relatively low number of billionaires. Henley & Partners said April 18 it compiled ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even as he’s vowed to push the United States ahead in artificial intelligence research, President Donald Trump’s threats to alter federal government contracts with ...