The magnificent Kiyomizu temple being lit up for the cherry blossom season
The magnificent Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto is bathed in nightly illuminations through April 9.
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Japan: High school students hit by avalanches
Two more students are feared dead in an avalanche at a ski resort north of Tokyo.
Duterte’s ‘top guns’ off to solicit infrastructure support from Tokyo
Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, rail companies among potential investors.
Tokyo outlines plans for “English Village”
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has unveiled an outline of a facility designed to boost young people's communication skills in the English language.
Suicides in Japan drop to the lowest in 22 years
The number of suicides in Japan last year dropped below 22,000 for the first time in 22 years.
23 percent of Japanese seriously considered committing suicide
The survey was the third of its kind, with the first one taken in 2008 and the second one in 2012.
North launched missile but failed
US and South Korean forces say North Korea fired a missile on Wednesday morning, but that the launch appears to have been unsuccessful.
Tokyo: Cherry blossoms start to bloom
Tokyo has become the first place across Japan to announce the blooming of this year's first Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms.
Foreign residents in Japan hit record high for 2nd year
The number of legal foreign residents in Japan came to 2,382,822 at the end of 2016.
Japan: Foreign students may have been forced to work
Labor officials in southwestern Japan suspect that the operator of a Japanese language school forced Indonesian students to work at a care home.
