Rising costs, shifting tastes push Osaka's takoyaki, okonomiyaki shops to the brink
OSAKA -- Shops serving takoyaki, okonomiyaki and other flour-based comfort foods, known locally as "konamon," are disappearing from this western Japan
OSAKA -- Shops serving takoyaki, okonomiyaki and other flour-based comfort foods, known locally as "konamon," are disappearing from this western Japan
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan defeated South Korea 9-5 on Friday to move into sole possession of first place with a 2-0 record in the preliminary round of th
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NAGOYA -- "Let's all share love, hope and respect." One night in early September, about 20 Brazilian residents of Japan gathered along Wakamiya-odori
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of humanoid robots could exceed 10 billion and outnumber the global human population by the 2080s, a recent analysis by U.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Friday on hopes that the artificial intelligence boom will continue despite concerns about the future of Nvidia Cor
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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's most famous monster is back in "Godzilla Minus Zero" in all its fire-breathing, stomping glory, delivering its trademark allegor
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Friday it will host the presidents of Chile and Peru next week for separate summit meetings with Prime M
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The Liberal Democratic Party, Nippon Ishin (the Japan Innovation Party, or JIP) and the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) have submitted a bill t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government will consider introducing an income-based cash benefit program covering half or more of Japan's workers in fiscal 2027
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HAKODATE, Hokkaido (Kyodo) -- A box of seven premium apples grown on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido fetched the highest bid of 100,000 yen (
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh said Friday he expects Shohei Ohtani to focus on batting after the Los Angeles Dodgers star was
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- GMO Internet Group Inc. said Friday it will book around 3.05 billion yen ($19 million) in losses in the October-December quarter for
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HANOI (Kyodo) -- The Japanese prefectural government of Kanagawa has opened an economic and trade office in Hanoi, aiming to support local companies s
