The origins of pan or bread in Japan began during the Meiji Period when it was introduced by the Portuguese. Since then, bread has grown so much in popularity that it once outsold rice. Today, there ...
More than 60 percent of Japan's 47 prefectures said they had not established plans to work with neighboring prefectures for dialysis patients in the event of a large-scale disaster, a recent survey by ...
(Photo courtesy of Keiju Medical Center)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- More than 60 percent of Japan's 47 prefectures said they had not established plans to work with neighboring prefectures for ...
The same is true when it comes to Japan. Gaming fans can easily travel to and around Japan thanks to these fun and complex games that let their players explore everything from modern Tokyo to ...
Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on Sept. 27 to choose his replacement. (AP Photo) Japan’s former Environment ...
Straddling four tectonic plates, Japan’s landscape buckles and ruptures at the whims of the fiery Pacific Rim. The result is dramatic: a beautiful, ever-changing crust that concertinas ...
One of only eight landlocked prefectures, Gifu’s location has made it a key junction throughout Japanese history as a site of economic exchange and military conflict. Home to mountains, plains and ...
(Mainichi/Tatsuki Noda) KOFU -- Four prefectures in central Japan have agreed to prepare a system to help foreign tourists go home in the event of a natural disaster, as part of response for a ...
Known as Edo under the rule of the shoguns — Japan’s military rulers — until 1868, Tokyo sits at the centre of a historic web spanning the island of Honshu. It’s a captivating mega-city ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, walk to their ...
Japan cruised to a winning start in the third phase of Asia’s preliminaries for the 2026 World Cup as Hajime Moriyasu’s side thrashed China 7-0 at Saitama Stadium on Thursday. Wataru Endo and Kaoru ...
Japanese chip companies are tapping billions of dollars and collaborating with foreign firms as part of new government policies that look outward. By Patricia Cohen and River Akira Davis Patricia ...