Japan cruises courting younger travelers with shorter, cheaper trips
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese shipping and entertainment companies are launching new cruise ships with shorter, lower-cost itineraries, aiming to at
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese shipping and entertainment companies are launching new cruise ships with shorter, lower-cost itineraries, aiming to at
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"It was more than 100 years after the arrival of the Dutch that the study of horizontal letters began." What Japanese scholar Sugita Genpaku (1733-18
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SAPPORO -- Research has found at least 39 "industrial comfort stations" existed across Japan for male Korean laborers mobilized into wartime industrie
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NISHI-AIZU, Fukushima -- A small workshop in this northeast Japan town produces original leather goods from the hides of wild animals culled as nuisan
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IZUMO, Shimane -- Three train station buildings in Japan are designated as important cultural properties by the national government: the Marunouchi bu
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese BitTorrent users who thought they were simply downloading adult videos for free are increasingly receiving court notices and
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A craft beer producer in central Japan is hoping that its U-shaped "wobbly" glass will encourage people to drink water along with the
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KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A film festival to support reconstruction from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes kicked off Saturday, with film director Isao Y
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Children should be careful not to spend too much time sitting, with a Japanese health ministry research team warning that long screen
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TOKYO (Kyodo9 -- KDDI Corp. and Japan Post Co. recently held a trial using a post office in a central Japan city as a hub to deploy aerial drones for
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TOKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The family of a 19-year-old worker who died after falling from a transmission tower in western Japan said Saturday it will
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BANGKOK (Kyodo) -- Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku on Friday vowed to thrill Thai fans when the sport's governing body holds an exhibition tou
