Travel Sep 1, 2019
A guide to the 2019 Rugby World Cup and its host cities
by Oscar Boyd
What to do, see, drink and eat in each of the RWC cities as well as match dates and information on stadiums, transport and accommodation.
National / Media | Japan Pulse Aug 10, 2019
Heated debate boils over on social media as mercury soars in Japan
by Patrick St. Michel
Talking to others about the weather has always been a quick and easy conversation topic. The same goes for social media users and online news outlets in Japan, which love to discuss meteorological issues. The arrival of intense summer heat in recent weeks has ...
Travel | A Weekend In Dec 8, 2018
A weekend in Saitama: Coffee, temples and a spot of river rafting
by Claire Williamson
Kick off a weekend in Saitama Prefecture in Kumagaya, an excellent starting point for a trip that will take you all across the region — from river rafting in the forested mountains of Chichibu to the historical alleys of Kawagoe.
National Aug 22, 2017
E. coli from Saitama deli's potato salad leaves girl, 5, in critical condition, pair severely ill
The victims all ate potato salad sold at the Shokusaikan Marche Kagohara supermarket in the city of Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, the prefecture said.
National / Crime & Legal Nov 17, 2015
Dark clouds descended on alleged Saitama killer after visiting mass-murderer brother in Peru prison
When Vayron Jonathan Nakada Ludena went to a Peruvian prison several years ago to visit his older brother, known as the "apostle of death" after being convicted of killing 17 people, the unraveling of his lonely, transient life in Japan was well underway. Nakada, 30, ...
National / Crime & Legal Nov 11, 2015
In the early afternoon of Sept. 13, a 70-year-old resident of Kumagaya in Saitama Prefecture returned home to find a young foreign man standing in front of the entryway. He seemed agitated and spoke in broken Japanese. "Call the police. I have no money," the ...
Lifestyle Aug 2, 2014
Hot in the city: scorching Kumagaya
by Mark Schreiber
Exploring new ways of dealing with the heat from a city in Saitama that certainly knows a thing or two about keeping cool