SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- As Japan gears up for an election that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her a public mandate, a town on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido is set to decide the ...

A traditional display of handcrafted hanging ornaments and "Hinamatsuri" dolls is attracting visitors to Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Hinamatsuri is an annual event to wish for health and ...

The Fung Bros discuss whether Japantown will survive in modern times. Trump appointee threatens to arrest "law-abiding" gun owners US military shoots down Iranian drone approaching USS Abraham Lincoln ...

People in a western Japan town hold an annual fire festival to usher in spring. Flaming arrows are used to ignite a vast expanse of withered grass to eliminate harmful insects and help new shoots to ...

IKEA is set to open a pop-up shop in the metaverse in collaboration with game platform Roblox, allowing players to add classic IKEA designs to their virtual homes. For a limited time, players of the ...

Examining the future of Japantown and its cultural significance. Fans walk out of Wizard of Oz Christmas show: 'It was atrocious' Florida’s 'forgotten' coastline offers quaint towns and fresh seafood ...

In this episode of KPFA Presents, we have a story about one of the oldest and largest surviving Japanese districts in the United States: San Francisco’s Japantown. Here to show us more about that ...

A Japanese town deleted a social media post warning of a bear sighting after discovering that a picture it had received showing the fearsome creature was AI-generated. Similar fake images have been ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Leaders of Utah's capital city say they don't want to wait for Smith Entertainment Group's downtown plans to move forward with enhancements to what's left of historic Japantown.

Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between Japan’s need for labor and anxieties over immigration. The economy of Kutchan, a town on Japan’s ...

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