Tokyo hosts 'sleep-off' comp as 65 snoozers battle for 2.22-million-yen prize
TOKYO -- An unusual contest testing how quickly and deeply people could sleep was held in the Japanese capital's Aoyama district on Oct. 5. The event
TOKYO -- An unusual contest testing how quickly and deeply people could sleep was held in the Japanese capital's Aoyama district on Oct. 5. The event
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BANGKOK (Kyodo) -- The International Monetary Fund projects that Japan's nominal gross domestic product, measured in U.S. dollars, will be overtaken b
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KUMAMOTO -- Kumamoto Castle in this southwestern Japan city's Chuo Ward is being illuminated after dark, with projection mapping, bamboo lanterns and
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Oct. 17 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What did the Ibaraki Pr
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TOYAMA (Kyodo) -- At an inn in central Japan devoted to kombu, or Japanese edible kelp, guests can enjoy the seaweed in food and cocktails, soak in ko
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OSAKA -- Many people in Japan think pets are family. In disasters, many people now leave home with their pets. But local governments have different ru
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BANGKOK (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday that Japan's economic activity has developed broadly in line with the central bank's
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, regarded by Japan's neighbors as a symb
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KOBE -- The Kobe Municipal Government will lease about 3 kilometers of a massive disused tunnel in the mountains of Nishi Ward in this west Japan city
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Audiences watching acclaimed young Kabuki actors Ichikawa Somegoro VIII and Onoe Tatsunosuke III perform on their first international
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Colored pavement is gradually becoming more common on crosswalks along school routes across Japan, with the spaces between the white stripes painted i
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese parcel delivery company Yamato Transport Co. said Friday about 5.31 million customer data records, including names and
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KYOTO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Friday acquitted a yakuza gangster of the murder of the president of the company operating the Gyoza no Ohsho res
