Preparations for the 2026 Asian Games in Japan are going “smoothly,” its chairman said Wednesday, after reports the governing body told organizers to make significant improvements. Japanese media said the …
With temperature records already being broken around Japan this month, it’s fitting that the sumo world is preparing to say farewell to a venue that is notorious for its intense …
A medical error resulted in the death of a high school student at the Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital, the institution revealed Monday. A resident physician …
Even small delays in Japan’s much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy shinkansen services. On Tuesday evening, a passenger of …
Nagoya – A 28-year-old woman from Myanmar involved in her country’s democracy movement said Thursday she has been granted refugee status in Japan, after applying last September citing political persecution. …
Toranosuke Katayama, 73, is a self-taught cameraman of five decades and counting. Born in Nagano, home to one of Japan’s three most celebrated soba dishes, he grew up with a …
HANGZHOU, China – The pressure is already on for the next cohosts of the Asian Games, as the high-tech Chinese city of Hangzhou has staged them with an impressive amount …