In the mid-1990s, a pocket of backstreets in Harajuku sparked one of the world’s most highly referenced and sought-after fashion movements: Urahara, short for Ura Harajuku or “Hidden Harajuku.” Small, unassuming shops like the now-legendary A Store Robot and Vintage King were mashing up and borro...
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CHIBA -- Chiba Prefectural Police have suspended the Vietnamese-language written driver's license test after discovering the test questions had been l
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has asked Russia to promptly provide information regarding reports of the detention of a Japanese journalist on Sakhalin in the
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MAEBASHI, Japan (Kyodo) -- An emerald-green crater lake in eastern Japan drew crowds of tourists Tuesday as the surrounding area reopened for the firs
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A book by International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane has seen a surge in sales since the United States announced sanctions a
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Wednesday morning as buybacks of heavyweight technology issues supported the benchmark Nikkei index, although
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's House of Representatives has declined to disclose records of closed-door talks that produced a parliamentary "consensus" unde
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MOSCOW (AP) -- A Japanese journalist suspected of spying has been arrested on Russia's Sakhalin Island, the top Russian domestic security agency said
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FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu shinkansen bullet trains resumed operating on all sections in southwestern Japan from the first service Wednesday morning as
