Maids at Tokyo cafe ramp up efforts to attract foreign visitors
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- At a cafe in Tokyo's famed Akihabara district, "maids" are increasingly learning to accommodate foreign visitors by studying English
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- At a cafe in Tokyo's famed Akihabara district, "maids" are increasingly learning to accommodate foreign visitors by studying English
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"Symmetry" means that when a shape is flipped horizontally or rotated, it overlaps with the original. "Chirality," by contrast, refers to a mirror-ima
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's financial watchdog on Friday ordered Prudential Life Insurance Co. to partially suspend its business over misconduct by sales
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Conveyor-belt sushi is hitting the road in Tokyo, with tours aboard a double-decker sightseeing bus set to begin Saturday.The Sushi B
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OSAKA -- Japan's foster care system offers homes to children who cannot live with their parents due to financial hardship, neglect or other circumstan
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Friday, as concerns over weaker-than-expected artificial intelligence-related demand following a report on O
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Farm minister Kazuo Yana came under renewed pressure Friday amid further reporting on his conduct including claims he used coarse lan
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NARA -- In the wake of extensive damage to mountain forests caused by torrential rains that struck the Kii Peninsula in September 2011, the Nara Prefe
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Hikonyan, the mascot character of the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, marked its 20th anniversary, and a short film titled "Yume ni Mukatte" (Toward
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese second-hand goods retailer Bookoff Group Holdings Ltd. and East Japan Railway Co. on Friday became the latest companies to a
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ROMA (Kyodo) -- Japan's embassy in the Vatican City held an event Thursday to introduce the Japanese method of cooking eel to envoys from various coun
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MATSUYAMA -- A 1993 scientific paper by researchers at Ehime University in western Japan on the global spread of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
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TOKYO -- A reissued edition of "Nagai Ana" (The Long Cave), a manga first published in 1970 by Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), has enjoyed unexpected popula
