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The suspect, who also faces a charge of desecration of a place of worship, has already left Japan for Hong Kong.
You’ve probably seen replicas of popular dishes in restaurant window displays. Tourists in Japan join workshops to learn how they’re made.
President Whipps said he and incoming US leader Trump are ‘very much in agreement’ regarding the Pacific island nation’s security.
Kita no Syokukei – Northern Food Story in English – made a splash at the San Sebastian Film Festival, screening to enthusiastic applause.
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Widely listed as the oldest active professional football player, the former international aims to play for fourth-tier Japanese club Suzuka.
It follows similar defacement incidents in June and August.
An increase in abusive customers, which in extreme cases has driven workers to suicide, is seeing some Japanese companies take a stand.
Culinary school in London will teach how to prepare sushi and other traditional foods, with its graduates certified by Japanese government.
New Uniqlo store in Shinjuku is aimed partly at foreign tourists but will also stock items otherwise sold only in Europe and the US.
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.
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.
