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The Burger King is just two doors down from the now-shuttered Mickey D's. It is selfish for us to say this, but please everyone, go to McDonald's today," the Burger King post…
SNA (Tokyo) — The trading company Marubeni Corporation will build Japan’s first large-scale commercial offshore wind farms in Akita Prefecture in an initiative that may help the nation reduce it…
An official Studio Ghibli theme park will be built in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
The Diamond Princess cruise liner looks deserted from the outside, with guests confined to their rooms in a bid to halt the spread of the superbug. More than 3,600 people aboard the ship are bei…
A skinny house clad in black steel by Apollo Architects & Associates slots into a tiny plot of land in Tokyo, Japan, and features minimalist interiors. Named Jewel, the L-shap…
Our Japanese-language writer Kowloon Kurosawa was in Akihabara one day when he decided to visit a vending machine-lined, somewhat ramshackle corner of a street. But what caught his att…
Welcome to 2020It seems like it was only yesterday that it was announced Japan would host the 2020 Olympics. Every month, we select our favorite travel images from readers. Tag your photo o…
About 3,700 passengers and workers on a Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan are under quarantine for up to two weeks because of the deadly coronavirus. In Hong Kong, more than 3,600 people o…
Dragon Quest is getting a new tactics spin-off in Japan later this year for smartphones. It’ll be a free-to-play game with paid in-game items, but outside of that we don’t kn…
Kamehamehas of cuteness from a guy who’s actually more muscular than the Dragon Ball hero he’s cosplaying as. Based just on his name, you’d probably guess that Japanese Twitter user Big Killer (…
