Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

Japanese scientists discovered amino acids, which are thought to be the building blocks of life, in asteroid samples returned to Earth by the Hayabusa 2 probe. According to Japanese media, the dust ...

Japan is teeming with unique traditions and distinctive cultural facets. In some ways, we can observe that the country has a rather “uptight” reputation. Locals are always on the go yet still prim and ...

Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest stories and updates. Japan is arranging to resume accepting foreign tourists to the country starting in June. Government sources said that foreign ...

Despite a struggling government, stagnant wages, and a surge in COVID-19 cases over the summer, Japan's incumbent governing coalition, in power since September 2012, enjoyed a solid victory in the ...

Mixed messages from Tokyo metropolitan government, which has asked people to limit non-essential trips, versus the central government's 1.68 trillion yen (15 billion USD) “Go To Travel” campaign, ...

Surnames are the strongest historical tie we have to our ancestors. Though there might be plenty of mystery surrounding less popular last names, they tend to traditionally come from one of the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. On New Year’s Eve, one member of Japan’s most famous comedy duo donned blackface for nationwide television. Masatoshi Hamada, who is one part of the ...

Space World theme park in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, built a new ice skating rink initiative and teased potential customers with the promise of the chance to “enjoy skating under unreal conditions at ...

Hawaii’s Sierra Club opposes the state Department of Transportation’s to install “controversial new ultra-bright” LED streetlights. “The 4,000-kelvin lights burn energy more efficiently, but pull ...