From <i>katsu</i> to <i>numa</i>: The language of Japan’s capsule-toy obsession
A casual hobby can quickly become a costly rabbit hole, introducing new rituals and a variety of vocabulary along the way.
A casual hobby can quickly become a costly rabbit hole, introducing new rituals and a variety of vocabulary along the way.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato maintained his dominance with his ninth win at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, while three wrestlers tr
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A large typhoon was moving toward eastern Japan's Pacific coast Monday, bringing heavy rain that triggered landslides in Chiba and Ka
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FUKUOKA -- In an agricultural area of Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan surrounded by rice paddies, local utility Kyushu Electric Power Co. is
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TOKYO -- People often call Tokyo's business areas "concrete jungles." They have many roads and tall buildings. These can make the city hotter. This is
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NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- The top diplomats of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Monday called on North Korea to resume dialogue even as it shows
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A large typhoon was moving closer to eastern Japan's Pacific coast Monday, bringing heavy rain to the Tokyo area and triggering lands
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FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi -- A fifth-grade girl from this central Japan city passed Grade 1 of the "Eiken" English language proficiency test, a diffi
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OSAKA (Kyodo) -- In a small basement theater in Osaka's bustling Minami district, comedians from Japan and overseas are giving foreign visitors an irr
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The Tadami River in Japan's Oku-Aizu region is famous for its billowing mist from June to September, for those lucky enough to see it. As the rainy se
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TOKYO (AP) -- Ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging flowers, is a form of expression that dates back more than 500 years. It continues to blossom, qu
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The death toll from Typhoon Dujuan rose to six Tuesday with six others still missing after heavy rain triggered landslides and floodi
