Many of Tohoku University’s facilities are built around and within the ancient war grounds of the city of Sendai. In 1913, Tohoku became the first university in Japan to admit female students. Tohoku ...

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“It marks not just the coming of spring, but also the start of something new,” said Yuki Nishimura, co-chair of the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival (NCCBF) — a volunteer-run annual event ...

Japan became the first country to qualify for the 2026 men’s World Cup after it beat Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium on Thursday. Second-half goals from Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo were ...

Community activists and neighbors gathered at in San Francisco's Japantown on Thursday to stand in solidarity for immigrants facing deportation. The rally was held at the Japanese Cultural and ...

Nintendo has its Switch 2 presentation set for April 2, and early Animal Crossing fans are hoping there’s a mention of Animal Crossing at the event. I would be surprised; the focus of the event ...

Remember two, maybe three years ago when COVID-19 hit and Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out? Hah, what a fun and relatively recent time that was! It feels like only yesterd- wait, five years?

Incidents of travelers being denied entry into the United States in recent weeks have sparked concern over what to expect at airports and other border crossings. By Claire Fahy In recent weeks, a ...

TOKYO — Hikers planning to summit Mount Fuji — Japan’s highest mountain and a popular bucket-list destination — will pay more to access its most-used trails this year as prefectural ...

ABU, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The town of Abu filed a lawsuit with a district court on May 12 demanding a resident return a whopping 46.3 million yen ($356,656) in COVID-19 financial aid deposited in ...

The four hunters used a ladder to climb over a corner, going from one piece of public land to another. Right: The Ranch set these posts, which were chained together, to discourage corner crossing.

Noboribetsu Onsen is a well-known sightseeing spot in Hokkaido, with tourists from all over Japan and overseas coming to stay at the hotels here. Nothing grows here in this bowl-shaped valley. Just ...