Here are free things to do happening across Tokyo for the month of October. Check out exhibitions, festivals, events and more! Exhibitions and Art Shows in October Festivals and Outdoor Events in October Live Music and Night Life Events in October Anime and Manga Events in October Community and P...
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TOKYO -- Liquor tax changes taking effect Oct. 1 will unify Japan's tax rates for beer, "happoshu" low-malt beer and beer-like drinks known as "third-
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MITO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The mayor of a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, said Wednesday it will accept a preliminary survey that the industry min
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday, with the Nikkei stock index briefly up over 2 percent, lifted by artificial intelligence- and semiconduc
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NAGASAKI -- Amid an increasing number of foreign residents in this southwest Japan city, the local fire department has held a life-saving training ses
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court ruled Wednesday that voices are protected as a publicity right, similar to portrait rights, in the first such ruling
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KOBE -- One person died and another was left wounded after they were found collapsed on streets in different wards of the western Japan city of Kobe o
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Japan, the United States and Europe are increasingly pouring enormous subsidies into their own industries and stepping up efforts to support them. Exc
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday morning, lifted by artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related shares on hopes for further growth
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On September 27, the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, where yokozuna Onosato, 26, won his sixth c
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KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived in Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Wednesday to meet with people a
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YOKOHAMA -- Former Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka formally announced his candidacy on Sept. 29 for the Oct. 18 rerun mayoral election, with campaign
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TOKYO -- Uber Japan, Japan Post Co. and others announced on Sept. 29 that they will launch a service allowing people to book public ride-sharing at po
