Japan's copyright management organization has filed lawsuits against owners of a barber shop and a restaurant over the use of background music at their stores, seeking damages and injunctions. The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers filed the lawsuits Tuesday at the ...
Officers at five prisons and juvenile detention facilities in Shikoku have been reprimanded over errors in administering medicine to inmates, it was learned Tuesday. An information disclosure request to the Takamatsu correctional bureau of the Justice Ministry has found that, between January 2012 and September ...
Police turn over to prosecutors their case against a man suspected of flying a drone in a crowded residential area without obtaining permission from the authorities.
The English form of folk dancing known as morris dates back to the Middle Ages and involves costumed groups of dancers stepping in time to music. Barely seen in Japan before, this traditional art can now be experienced in the most unexpected of locations: ...
To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Japan Art Association, The Ueno Royal Museum is presenting a collection of arts and crafts that once belonged to the Arisugawa (1835-1895) and Takamatsu (1905-1987) imperial families. The artifacts, many of which were part of an extremely popular ...
