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As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

Situated on the boundary of Shinjuku’s Memory Lane — a narrow alleyway of shabby but charming food stalls — Tajimaya Coffee ...

For those looking to dive into Tokyo’s past, Fukagawa Edo is a great substitute for the much larger Edo-Tokyo Museum, which ...

One Piece finally gave us a taste of Loki's past and with it, a glimpse of Rocks D. Xebec. How strong was the legendary ...

As part of the celebrations of our 125th anniversary, we welcomed past exchange students from China, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand to be panelists at an international symposium. The theme ...

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Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...

Mercedes Mone will travel overseas to defend the Undisputed British Women's Championship against a former PROGRESS Women's Champion.

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