East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) on March 27 inaugurated a segment of Takanawa Gateway City, a mixed-use development ...

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Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones ...

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Right on the U.S.-Canadian border, Corey Fram's tourism marketing job has gotten a lot harder of late. Fram is director of the 1000 Islands International Tourism Council, which promotes a nature ...

Rice is pictured on shelves in a supermarket in Saitama on Feb. 28, 2025. The prices are about 1,000 yen (roughly $6.80) above last year's prices. With a shortage of stock, labels read, "Limit two ...

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is set to purchase an industrial property to make way for the development of a new mainline and tram train station. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...

Police investigate the area around the scene where a woman was stabbed, in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 11, 2025. (Mainichi/Ayumu Iwasaki) TOKYO -- A woman was stabbed on a street here ...

Restaurants in Tokyo are known for shokunin, the people who focus on a single skill to the point of obsession. These chefs dedicate their lives to the smallest details of a cuisine: the optimal ...