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Can a traditional ‘ryokan’ inn go global?

Government calls for stronger energy supply structure in white paper

Japanese prefectures showcase tourism and food culture in New York

Japan calls for more support amid rising youth suicides

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Japanese inflation breaks 2% for the first time this year

Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts

Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami dies at 74

Shigeru Miyamoto named first video game-related recipient of Japan’s Order of Culture

BayStars hoping history repeats in Japan Series rematch with Hawks

Former star slugger Hideki Matsui to become next manager of Giants in NPB

Japan eyes health checkup support for truant students

Education ministry to offer one-year teaching license course for working adults

Koizumi to meet Finnish defense chief, with nuclear policy shift to top agenda

Ex-University of Tokyo professor gets suspended sentence over bribes

Can Japan become a player in the Arctic?

Takashi Miike pushes the envelope with ‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’

Women’s expectations for Takaichi turn to disappointment

Newly appointed farm minister returns donation in wake of scandal

Supplies of rare earth yttrium have ‘stalled,’ industry ministry official says

Japanese films at TIFF feature melodrama, monsters and more

Visitors to Japan will soon have to wait for consumption tax refunds

Japan megabanks to skip third batch of U.S. investments

Japan’s biggest labor union federation calls for 6% wage hike in 2027

SoftBank market value halves from peak as AI fears grow

Japan to introduce cashless traffic fine payments from July

Most BOJ watchers expect next interest rate hike in December

Health ministry questions reliability of vasculitis drug approval data

Japan life insurers’ bond-buying plans set to support JGBs

Family of driver who died after truck fell into Saitama sinkhole sues prefecture

Two Japanese climbers missing in the Himalayas

Japan and U.S. to conduct drills under extreme conditions as typhoon nears

Strict rules at shelters deter victims of domestic violence in Japan

Buoyed by community support, flood-hit ramen shop in Chiba reopens

Japan ends 60-year drought with a bronze medal at gymnastics world championships

‘Umamusume’ concert cancellation highlights visa hurdles for Japanese performers

Tokyo and Osaka record latest-ever day above 30 Celsius

Japan tourist spending rises despite drop in visitor arrivals

Japan braces for 30th named storm this year as Typhoon Champi heads for Okinawa

Education ministry calls for University of Tokyo to review president selection

As residents of flood-hit Chiba Prefecture rebuild, concerns about the future linger

BOJ likely to keep hiking rates every quarter, ex-official says

Japan demands access to journalist detained in Russia as spy row persists

Nutritional quality of diets poorest among young people in Japan, survey finds

Seventh Satoyama Practitioners Networking Event in Uchiko, Ehime

Major banks in Japan accelerating shift to IC chip verification

Japan envoy Sasakawa meets Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing, state media says

Japan to provide Malaysia with counterdrone system

Japan to drop term ‘abnormal delivery’ to ease emotional burden on parents

Flour power: Nina Metayer brings her ‘world’s best’ pastries to Tokyo