Netflix dropped its new, sensational Japanese original series Plastic Beauty (titled Downtime in Japan) earlier this month. The eight-episode show immediately shot to the top of Netflix Japan’s Top 10 rankings, and it’s not hard to see why. The program takes advantage of the gore and glamor of th...
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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
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is set to submit to the Diet a bill to mandate disclosure of so-called beneficial ownership of legal entities
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The prices of 3,153 food and beverage items in Japan are set to rise next month as higher packaging costs stemming from the Middle Ea
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SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- A pair of Japan-born giant pandas made their public debut Tuesday in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, according to a facilit
