Japan Olympic 2020 promo features competing countries as anime samurai
It's no doubt that the Japanese do a number of things better than anyone else. As the host of the...
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Tokyo zoo stages ‘zebra escape’
TOKYO, Feb 2, 2016: A zebra escaped from its enclosure in a Japanese zoo on Tuesday, giving one keeper a...
Read moreJapan’s lofty ‘hydrogen society’ vision hampered by cost
TOKYO, Nov 3, 2015: Japan has lofty ambitions to become a "hydrogen society" where homes and fuel-cell cars are powered...
Read moreToyota unveils self-driving car
TOKYO, Oct 6, 2015: Toyota today unveiled a car that can drive itself along a highway, the latest foray by a...
Read moreExplosions at US base in Japan light up night sky (video)
TOKYO, Aug 24, 2015: A series of explosions at a US Army depot outside of Tokyo set off a large...
Read moreThree killed as light plane crashes into Tokyo residential area
TOKYO, July 26, 2015: A light plane crashed into a residential area in Tokyo on Sunday morning, setting fire to...
Read moreGodzilla gets residency in Tokyo
TOKYO, June 3, 2015: Fictional city-wrecking monster Godzilla has been granted special residency in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, as a newly-installed...
Read moreJapanese icon: Tokyo appoints Godzilla tourism ambassador
TOKYO, April 9, 2015: Godzilla has stomped so many buildings in Japan that the irradiated monster was appointed special resident...
Read moreEighty years on and Hachiko finally reunited with its master
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11, 2015: A new statue of Hachiko, the Akita dog which waited every day for its master...
Read moreJapan Post to proceed with one of the world’s biggest IPO
TOKYO, Dec 26: Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd today confirmed a long-awaited plan to list its shares in Tokyo with the government-owned...
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