A Japanese city was able to reopen its streets after a sinkhole was repaired in a matter of days. Part of a road in Fukuoka, Japan, was swallowed by […]
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Japanese Food Fair Raises Awareness For Earthquake Recovery
A food fair that promotes post-earthquake recovery in Japan is doing so by bringing Japanese cuisine and culture to America. Rising Tohoku Food Fair, held inside Mitsuwa Marketplace in […]
Man Sentenced For Japan’s First Pokémon Go-Related Death
A Pokémon Go player facing charges in Japan’s first fatal traffic accident involving the hit mobile game was sentenced to 14 months of imprisonment. On Monday, 39-year-old farmer Keiji […]
Japanese Girl Group Under Fire For Nazi-Like Outfits
TOKYO — A popular teenage all-girls band in Japan is under fire for performing in outfits resembling Nazi-era German military uniforms. The members of Keyakizaka46 appeared recently in dark […]
7 Terrifying Japanese Films Not About Creepy Ghost Girls
These seven Japanese horror films are far more terrifying than a ghost coming out of the TV. Suicide Club (2001) via GIPHY “If your friends jumped off a bridge, […]
Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Japanese scientist for cell recycling
The Nobel Prize in medicine will go to Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese scientist and Tokyo Institute of Technology professor known for his work in cell recycling. Ohsumi, 71, is […]
Scorsese’s new Japanese novel-based film ‘Silence’ is coming December
“Silence,” the Martin Scorsese-directed film based on the 1966 Shusaku Endo novel of the same name, will get a limited run starting Dec. 23 and a wide release in […]
Half-Japanese, half-Indian contestant wins Miss Japan, to mixed reactions
Japanese-Indian Priyanka Yoshikawa was crowned Miss Japan on Monday, making it the second year in a row a biracial woman has won the pageant. Her victory follows that of […]
Japanese cast to front film ’She’s Just A Shadow’
A Japanese cast comprising Tao Okamoto, Haruka Abe and Japanese punk band Loka lead singer Kihiro will front Adam Sherman’s new crime drama, “She’s Just A Shadow.” The in-English film, produced […]
Former South Korean comfort women sue government over Japan deal
A group of South Korea’s former so-called “comfort women” – sexual slaves who were forced to serve the Japanese army during World War II – are suing the Korean […]
Glendale is keeping its ‘comfort women’ statue
It looks like the controversial statue of a “comfort woman” sitting in Glendale’s Central Park in California will be staying put. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the District Court’s […]
Will Japan see its first-ever abdication of an emperor?
In only his second televised address to the public, Japanese Emperor Akihito hinted Monday of his fears about his age preventing him from fulfilling his duties. Akihito, 82, took […]
Tragedy in Japan: 19 killed in knife attack at disabled facility
In Japan’s worst mass killing since the end of World War II, a man attacked a Sagamihara care center for the mentally and physically disabled Monday armed with several […]
S. Korea finishes International Crown second behind victorious Team USA
Team South Korea, which entered the LPGA’s UL International Crown as top seed, fell to second at the tournament’s end Sunday as the American team clinched the winning crown. […]
Recap: Taiwan and England top pools leading into Day 2 of International Crown
The first day of the LPGA’s UL International Crown at the Merit Club in Chicago ended with Taiwan and England – both 2-0-0 and earning four points – leading […]
