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More than a century after its construction, the stately former Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly building, built primarily in ...
OSAKA, Japan >> Through various collaborative efforts, traditional Japanese crafts such as washi (Japanese paper), textiles ...
Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to implement.
TOKYO — Tiffany & Co. is going big in Japan, as it opens its largest store in Asia on Friday. Located in the ritzy Ginza ...
Seeing vacant buildings and houses in disrepair in Japan is becoming more commonplace with the aging and decline of the country's population. The phenomenon is being acutely felt in some small and ...
Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors in recent weeks.
Japan endured another day of a searing heatwave on Monday, with temperatures soaring to the highest this year in Tokyo and ...
Japan's real wages fell 2.9 percent in May from a year earlier, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline and the ...
Workers for Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament are making the ring at a newly built facility in Nagoya City, central Japan.
Plans to demolish a historic baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played and an adjacent rugby venue are at the heart of a ...