TOKYO In a rare step Japan has presented an opinion to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to rule in favor of a suit seeking the removal of a comfort women statue in California Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday. 东京日本外务省官员周二称...
Having a cold beer after a hot bath is a nightly ritual for many Japanese, and now the country has found a way to further indulge -- soaking in the suds themselves. In Hakone Kowakien Yunessun, a mountainous hot spring resort just a day trip from Tok...
The smell of beef stew wafts from a kitchen as a brigade of volunteers put their cooking skills to use on a recent Saturday evening in Tokyos commuter belt. 最近一个星期六的夜晚，东京的上班族聚居区，炖牛肉的香味从厨房飘来...
LAST month a local official in Aichiprefecture set out a daring proposal. Tomonaga Osada suggested that theauthorities could distribute secretly punctured condoms to young marriedcouples, who would then get to work boosting the birth rate. His unorth...
In 2009, after half a century of nearly unbroken rule, the Liberal Democratic party was finally drummed out of office by a new force in Japanese politics. The Democratic Party of Japan, led by Yukio Hatoyama, promised a new contract with the Japanese...
China urged Japan last Monday to act prudently, as Japan reportedly considers deployment of a US missile defense system, following the Republic of Korea. 针对近日有报道称日本将步韩国后尘，考虑部署美国导弹防御系统一事，我...
一看到大长队就头皮发麻？现在，有了自动排队椅，让你坐着就可以排队，你的双腿再也不用受苦了！ Standing in line for the latest iPhone at the Apple store, queueing for tickets to Wimbledon or even just waiting...
Japans big three shipping conglomerates have outlined plans to set aside one of the countrys most ferocious industrial rivalries amid brutal market conditions to establish a joint venture for their container-shipping businesses. 日本三大航运集团...
Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to be designated animation spots to encourage visitors to seek out the train stations, school campuses, rural shrines and other fairly everyday places where popular manga characters are depicted. 日本将选定...
In a bid to convince drivers in Aichi Prefecture to keep their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road, a new Japanese smartphone app offers free coffee coupons to drivers who dont check their phones for at least 100 km. 为了督促爱知县的司...
