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Complaints related to scam websites claiming to sell the staple at heavily discounted prices have spiked since March.
Demand for trips with swimming pools among a host of luxury amenities and entertainment has surged due to pent-up wanderlust.
Opposition chief Yuichiro Tamaki accused of politicising the rice shortage issue amid soaring prices.
In Japan, distillers are making gin with home-grown ingredients as the spirit gains fans. Could it rival whisky and shochu’s popularity?
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The soil, which retains low-level radioactivity, will be used in flower beds to prove its suitability for public works.
‘It’s unthinkable to me that they’re still this strict,’ a doctor says amid growing calls to ease restrictions.
Women’s sport fills TV screens at The Sports Bra in Portland, Oregon, founded to support the push for gender equality among athletes.
People can visit the flood protection facility in Kasukabe, which safeguards Tokyo and has shafts large enough to fit the Statue of Liberty.
Locals living near the ‘Mount Fuji dream bridge’ complain about illegal parking and excessive noise from tourists.
Stations, vacant properties and an old bus have been turned into tourist accommodation, giving rural communities new life.
Japan currently provides a lump-sum payment of 500,000 yen (US$3,400) for each childbirth.
Japan ranks top for physical health, but youth mental well-being remains a concern, with suicide rates among the highest in wealthy nations.
The 99-year-old warned Trump’s tariffs will backfire, and suggested the 10-member Asean bloc can weather the storm.
Police suspect the trio received 5 per cent of winnings as a fee and hosted around a dozen players per day.
Kenbishi Sake Brewing uses traditional methods and equipment to make drinks it believes will become trendy again.
A new ‘lost-and-found platform’ at various stations and other locations in Japan is having much success in reuniting people with their items.
In Japan, adult figure skating is booming. Skaters, some over 80, are inspired by former stars or by a desire to build stronger muscles.
Loved locally for years, a tiny patch of grass and a lone stool in Nagaizumi town has scooped the title of world’s smallest park.
With Unesco heritage listing seen as boosting Japanese sake exports, brewers such as Miho Imada look to widen its appeal and food pairings.
More couples are choosing such an option despite it contradicting their sexual orientation, citing reasons such as social security benefits.
The revised wildlife law allows emergency bear shootings in populated areas, enabling quicker responses amid rising animal sightings.
Asahi Shuzo wants to become the first off-world sake maker, with plans to brew aboard the International Space Station, and then the moon.
Light pop song the late Taiwanese singer probably recorded in the mid-1980s will feature on album of composer Takashi Miki’s work.
‘If we’re ever attacked, they don’t have to do a thing to protect us,’ US president says.
The suspect, Masaki Eguchi, 21, said the frenzied attack stemmed from a dispute over an online game.
A Toyota subsidiary will trial vests with solar cells that generate electricity to power devices such as neck fans at the Osaka World Expo.
The beef bowl chain said some stores such as those in shopping centres will be excluded from the closure.
Asako Yuzuki’s Butter, thought of as a crime novel in Japan, is celebrated in UK and elsewhere for exploring misogyny and body shaming.
A US$200,000 wedding ceremony? In this economy? South Korean women choose to stay single, some even staging self-weddings with their pets.
