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This Service Connects Japan’s Small Shops to the World

Japan's small shops are struggling to stay afloat. A new service lets you give them a helping hand - without even setting foot in Japan.

A park in Japan will close thanks partly to one resident - and it has some up in arms about the country's hostility towards parents.

LDP politician Sugita Mio finally apologized for years worth of discriminatory statements towards LGBTQ+ people and minorities. But why now?

The hottest new words and phrases of 2022 tell a story of political and economic upheaval, as well as a tale of foxes and baseball gods.

Former Prime Minister and Tokyo Olympics Games chief Mori Yoshiro may be swept up into the event's ongoing bribery scandal.

AKB48 star Okada Nana has left the group over a relationship ban that the group's management swears up and down does not exist.