Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago of the Heart Project business in Japan, which he bills as a surrogate attendance service complete with furnishing of extras and family members.
Japan’s first female leader faces a taboo over entering the male-only sumo ring
Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October.
Performer from Fukuoka, Japan comes to Seattle with Disney’s “The Lion King: The Musical”
Get ready to hear that unmistakable call as the sun rises over the African plains. Disney’s “The Lion King: The Musical” is coming to Seattle.
Protesters in Pikachu costumes demand Japan end fossil fuel financing at UN climate conference
Protesters in Pokemon costumes stomped around the United Nations climate conference on Friday to send a message to Japan: end financing of coal and natural gas projects across Southeast Asia and other regions of the Global South.
Japan deploys the military to counter a surge in bear attacks
Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita.
Japan’s sushi legend Jiro Ono turns 100 and is not ready for retirement
apanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so.
Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years for more than a millennium
Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that they strike from three directions.
Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world
Sumo is more than a sport in Japan.
Japan’s prime minister resigns after his party suffered a historic defeat in a summer election
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign, following growing calls from within his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election.
Japan’s oldest person is a 114-year-old retired doctor who carried an Olympic torch in 2021
Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, according to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
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