'Saitama Kimchi Diary' celebrates grassroots resistance to discrimination
A short film made by cultural anthropologist Kohei Inose follows a group of mothers’ efforts to support an ethnic Korean school in need of financial assistance and to oppose intolerance.
Four pudus, the world’s smallest species of deer, made their debut Sunday at Saitama Children's Zoo in a first for Japan. The pudu, a native of southern Chile and parts of Argentina, is about 80 cm in length and weighs only 9 kg. Although the ...
Saitama assemblyman apologizes for remark about number of registered dogs, foreigners
An official in Saitama Prefecture apologizes after pointing out that the non-Japanese population of city of Kawaguchi is larger than the number of registered dogs.
Discovery of skeleton results in Saitama man's arrest in alleged slaying of girlfriend
Miyagi Prefectural Police arrested a 29-year-old man of Toda, Saitama Prefecture, Tuesday for killing a 17-year-old girlfriend and dumping her body in the woods in Miyagi. Ryo Sato, a construction worker, has admitted to the charges, according to police. Investigators alleged that Sato murdered Mayu Shiratori, ...
Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a police sergeant on suspicion of killing a 58-year-old unemployed man at the victim's home in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, earlier this month, sources said Saturday. Shota Nakano, 31, worked at the Asaka police station until March and is currently stationed ...
Cultivating shrunken worlds in Bonsai-mura
Omiya is one of greater Tokyo's rare pockets of residential comfort that can accurately be defined as middle class — a trait it shares with places such as Chiba's Ichikawa Mama or southwestern Tokyo's Denenchofu district. Bonsai-mura (literally: "Bonsai Village") is a neighborhood of Omiya, ...
Two more students from the same school are diagnosed with dengue fever, bringing the total to three and linking the outbreak to mosquitoes in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park.
Tokyo: Which of Japan's many summer firework displays do you recommend?
I think the best fireworks display in Japan is in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. Even though it is not the biggest in Japan, the huge round fireworks let off there are very famous and attract people from all over the place. I'm looking forward to ...
