The director Miyazaki Hayao and other leading anime creators have a surprising number of connections to Nagano in central Japan. The prefecture’s Suwa region, steeped in prehistoric Jōmon culture, is home to one of Japan’s oldest Shintō shrines.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck the northeastern part of Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, early Thursday, the w
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese medical university said Wednesday it is seeking approval for conducting a clinical trial of uterine transplants, aiming t
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SAPPORO -- The city of Sapporo saw its first snowfall of the season on Oct. 28, around the average date for the season and five days later than last y
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CEBU, Philippines (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed Wednesday in the Philippines the
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Wednesday, with artificial intelligence shares advancing on easing concerns about the companies' growth pros
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TOKYO -- An exhibition tracing the careers of three masters who pioneered the "golden age" of "shojo" (girls') manga in Japan in the 1970s opened on O
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A scarecrow contest was held at Green Farm Tateyama, a roadside station in the city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture. There were 16 entries, including on
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A system for foreign exchange margin trading operated by a Japan-based company has been hit by a cyberattack, causing financial damage. Servers that m
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Parents in Japan are taking an increasingly active role in their children's lives, helping them find marriage partners, navigate job
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FUNABASHI, Chiba -- The Funabashi Municipal Government plans to introduce a new short-time after-school child care program from April 2027, allowing c
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Cyberattack-hit Japanese internet service provider GMO Internet Group Inc. said Wednesday that a website where a hacker posted what i
