2.5 hrs of makeup to face the world: Japan teen struggles with social media beauty standards
Breakfast can wait. For 17-year-old Misaki (a pseudonym), the first priority of the morning is sitting before a mirror for up to 2 1/2 hours it takes
Breakfast can wait. For 17-year-old Misaki (a pseudonym), the first priority of the morning is sitting before a mirror for up to 2 1/2 hours it takes
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FUKUOKA -- A zoo in this southwestern Japan city marked 30 years of caring for the endangered Tsushima leopard cat by celebrating the birth of a femal
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Right before my 26th birthday, I made the decision to uproot my life in the American countryside and move to one of the world's most densely populated
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All Nippon Airways Co. said Friday that personal data, including passport numbers, was leaked from about 37,800 customers following u
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan said Friday that underlying inflation has "generally" reached its 2 percent target, nearly 14 years after the goal
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Friday stressed the need to stabilize inflation at around 2 percent, signaling that the central
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. and Waymo LLC, the self-driving vehicle unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., said Friday they will launch a trial
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's anime market reached 4.45 trillion yen ($28 billion) in 2025, topping 4 trillion yen for the first time on strong overseas sa
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- For the Bank of Japan, achieving its long-sought 2 percent inflation target is not the end of its quest for price stability but the b
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MAEBASHI -- Gunma Prefectural Police announced Oct. 29 that errors in written driver's license tests for foreign nationals had resulted in 367 examine
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A new chapter has been written in the history of shogi. Tomoka Nishiyama, holder of the Hakurei title, will become the first female "kishi," or profes
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended sharply lower on Friday after briefly sinking over 3 percent on growing concerns over the earnings of so
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CHIBA -- A book with photos and illustrations chronicling the growth of Punch, a Japanese macaque at a zoo in eastern Japan who attracted global atten
