As Japan’s most famous ski hubs grow busier every winter, you may be looking for a quieter, less touristy winter destination — and the city of Minamiuonuma in southern Niigata Prefecture is the perfect choice. Easily accessible from Tokyo, it can be reached by Joetsu Shinkansen in roughly 90 minu...
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KOROR, Palau (Kyodo) -- A Japanese-led glassware brand using discarded bottles has become one of Palau's signature local products, winning over enviro
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A former investigator who worked for a prefectural police force in western Japan has told the Mainichi Shimbun that police there also misused invalida
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TOKYO -- A group of 13 Tokyo residents who do not own smartphones or Japan's My Number identification cards sued the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in
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TOKYO (Kyodo) North Korea fired Thursday what may be a ballistic missile, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.The Japan Coast Guard urged ships to moni
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Thursday morning, as concerns over the growth prospects of artificial intelligence eased, while elevated crud
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has introduced an AI-powered welding robot at a dedicated plant in central Japan that produces
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DAISEN, Tottori -- Gil Hason, 34, and Niv Yohanok, 33, are from Israel. They had a Shinto wedding at Nawa Shrine in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, in Sep
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MADRID (Kyodo) -- At least 68 people were killed after a train slammed into a stationary train on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line in central Spain
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FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- The SoftBank Hawks clinched back-to-back Japan Series titles Wednesday as they completed a 4-0 sweep of the DeNA BayStars, with cat
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FUKAYA, Saitama -- Nearly the entire genetic "blueprint" of cyclamen plants, so common a sight brightening windowsills in winter, has been decoded for
