Transport authorities launched a full-fledged investigation Sunday into the derailment of a bullet train on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon.
It's a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chinese warships in the East China Sea challenged Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces patrols in a manner deemed threatening. And on Feb. 12 came North Korea's nuclear test.
Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...
The Sagawa Art Museum in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, is hosting an exhibition of sculptor Churyo Sato through June 24. Sato, who died last year at age 98, was a diligent artist, working from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for 70 years. Admission is ¥1,000 ...
If you’re a Japanese student interested in studying at a foreign university, it might be best to start preparing early. On July 26 and 27, the U.S., Australian and Canadian embassies in Tokyo -together with the British Council and L’Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo (Tokyo ...
World Music Day celebrated in Osaka Fete de la Musique au Japan, also known as World Music Day, will be held June 26 at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. World Music Day started in France in 1982 as a ...
Osaka to hold information day for foreigners An information service day for foreign residents will be held June 26 by Osaka International House Foundation in Tennoji Ward. Experts on legal issues, medicine and education will offer advice to foreign residents experiencing difficulties in everyday ...
“Let me read you a picture book in Dutch,” said Rudie Filon, the Dutch counselor of the Delegation of the European Union to Japan as he began reading the popular picture book “Jip and Janneke” in Dutch. Children and their parents’ eyes lit up, ...
Thai cooking demo and lunch set for Kobe A Thai cooking demonstration and lunch will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 27 in Higashinada Ward, Kobe. The Thai edition of the “World Home Cooking” program, conducted by Kobe Cross Cultural Center, ...
Counseling session in Kyoto for non-Japanese Kyoto City International Foundation will provide counseling for non-Japanese residents June 4 in Sakyo Ward. Specialists, including a lawyer, visa specialist, tax accountant, social insurance, and pension and labor consultant, will provide counseling and information. There will also ...
Students to take part in Kyoto music festival The Kyoto International Music Student Festival 2011 will be held from May 21 to 25 in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto. The student musicians will come from such schools as the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna; ...
People often get to know about another country’s culture through its cuisine -where the ingredients come from, how the dishes are cooked and how the dishes originated. During the Golden Week holiday, that’s exactly how nearly 50 people in Tokyo got to know more ...
The 52nd floor of the Roppongi Hills complex in downtown Tokyo was filled Saturday night with a high-spirited, energetic atmosphere as people gathered for a charity event to raise donations for survivors of the quake- and tsunami-ravaged Tohoku region. More than 200 people gathered ...
Ramada Osaka hosts St. Patrick’s day party Ramada Osaka, a hotel in Kita Ward, is organizing a St. Patrick’s day party from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on March 18. Participants in the St. Patrick’s Day 2011 party are encouraged to wear green outfits ...
Culture group to hold artwork market in Kobe A market for artwork, CAP Art Market 2011, will take place March 12 and 13 in Chuo Ward, Kobe. The event being is organized by the Conference on Art and Art Projects (CAP), a nonprofit group ...
