Kyogo Furuhashi makes MLS move with LA Galaxy
The LA Galaxy announced Wednesday that Japanese forward Kyogo Furuhashi has agreed to join the…
City lights and sweltering summer heat keep some cicadas singing after dark
For many in Japan, cicada cries are as much an integral part of summer as…
Japanese government sets up new group to deal with trading card boom
Trading cards have become so popular in Japan that the government is now getting involved,…
24 hours in a Ukrainian hospital buckling under the toll of war
Dnipro, Ukraine – Holding his scalpel loosely in his right hand, the surgeon made a…
Yakuza members arrested for building a road on mountain they don’t own
Darn gangsters! Building infrastructure without permission. On 15 July, about 120 officers with the Hiroshima…
Canada to join Japan-Italy-U.K. fighter project as first observer nation
Canada will join Japan, Britain and Italy’s Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) as an observer,…
Long-term safety of iPS spinal cord therapy confirmed in Japan
Long-term safety has been confirmed after neural progenitor cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells,…
Brand new Shinkansen bullet train unveiled in Japan… but it won’t carry passengers
Meet “SOAR”, the next-generation Shinkansen designed to protect the rails. On 14 July, East Japan…
Akashi crowd crush victims remembered 25 years on
Akashi, Hyogo Pref. – Victims of a stampede that occurred at a fireworks event in…