It starts nearly 40 years ago, when a teenage girl is pulled out of obscurity and thrust into the spotlight. These unseen photographs show Lady Diana Spencer as a shy 19-year-old kindergarten teacher, ...

As the number of users is unlikely to recover from a prolonged decline, JR Hokkaido has decided to close the station.

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese expert panel broadly approved Thursday a draft report by the transport ministry that ...

SoftBank is marching ahead on its ambitions to build out a major AI operation in its home market of Japan, on its own steam ...

Japanese firms have agreed to raise wages by more than 5 per cent on average in 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In an online auction four years ago, Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura's father purchased his first piece of Shohei Ohtani ...

Hokkaido District Transport Bureau launched a website to inform foreign backcountry skiers or snowboarders of three tips for ...

Niseko is riding a wave of increased global popularity, supported by the opening of new fancy resorts and eateries over the ...

TOKYO, Mar 13, 2025 - (JCN Newswire) - Hokkaido Electric Power Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation are pleased to announce ...

Based on the hugely popular Satoru Noda manga, Netflix’s latest live action adaptation is a sequel to the 2024 Golden Kamuy film. The nine-episode series first aired in October 2024 in its native ...

Among Japan's famous martial arts there lies one that has remained almost unheard of in the West. Kyudo, the martial art used ...

The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to ...