English

More about this topic

No Comment

Capybaras enjoy a hot spring bath at a Tokyo zoo

Capybaras at a zoo north of Tokyo enjoy a hot spring bath as visitors take photos of the relaxing rodents

Japan

Japanese company creates noise-canceling spoon to drown slurping sounds

The spoon sends signals to an app that plays an artificial flushing noise to cover up slurping noodles

Japan

Sailors and their dogs rescued after five months drifting at sea

Two Americans and their two dogs have been rescued from their sailing boat in the Pacific Ocean after drifting for five months.

Target

Morocco flying high as aircraft manufacturers land in the hub

Daleen Hassan: “Nagoya is Japan’s hub for the aerospace industry.

ADVERTISEMENT

Global Japan

Architects building dreams the Japanese way

In this edition of Global Japan we meet Shigeru Ban and Sou Fujimoto, two world famous Japanese architects.

Cinema

Tokyo film festival extends special welcome to Chinese filmmakers

Festival opens with rare Chinese-Japanese co-production, "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

Global Japan

The Japanese architects changing the face of Europe

The wave of Japanese architects who are leaving an indelible mark on 21st century European architecture

Japan

Japan election: Abe hails massive win, but what now for the country's pacifist constitution?

Japan

Japan: Shinzo Abe heads for big election win

Japan

Japan votes in early election as Abe seeks record fourth term

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seeking a mandate to revise the post-war pacifist constitution.

Japan

Giant moon cave could one day contain lunar base

Tunnel beneath the surface is thought to have been formed by volanoes.

Japan

Sun sets on Akihito as Japanese press suggests 2019 abdication

A japanese press reports siuggests March 2019 as the abdication date for Emperor Akihito, the first sovereign to step aside in nearly 200 years.

No Comment

A sumo grand champion performs ring-entering ceremony in Japan

A sumo grand champion, or Yokozuna, has performed a ring-entering ceremony at a UNESCO World Heritage site in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto.

Italy

One of Japan's most famous artists, Katsushika Hokusai, gets a major exhibition in Rome

The complete works of Katsushika Hokusai are on show in Rome until mid-January 2018.

No Comment

Volcano erupts in southwestern Japan

Japan

350 million euros for Fukushima victims

A court in Fukushima has ruled that Tokyo Electric Power and the Japanese government are liable for damages of almost 38 million Euros

No Comment

Centuries-old antler trimming ceremony held in Japan

Deer at Nara park in Japan have had their antlers trimmed in a centuries-old ceremony.

Living

The Art of Mizunara

The House of Suntory’s latest whisky expression might just have improved on an already burgeoning success story

Japan

Abe dissolves Japan's parliament & sets Oct 22 election date

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has set an Oct 22 election date and dissolved parliament.

Cult

'Polka Dot Queen' Kusama opens Tokyo museum

Yayoi Kusama shows no signs of slowing down as she opens a museum in Tokyo.