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June 03, 2012
NARITA, Chiba Prefecture--For departing foreign visitors who want to experience Japanese culture one last time, make sure you leave from Narita Airport.
May 20, 2012
A 20-year-old college student from Poland, who took up shogi after coming across it in popular manga, became the first foreign amateur to beat a woman professional player in...
March 31, 2012
IBM Japan Ltd. is turning to a senior executive from its parent company in the United States to help turn around the company's performance.
January 18, 2012
Foreign visitors to Japan in 2011 numbered 7.14 million, down 2.31 million from the record high the year before, according to preliminary statistics released Jan. 17 by the...
January 07, 2012
After its plan to give free flights to foreign bloggers was rejected, the Japan Tourism Agency decided to continue its promotion of Japan through a program focused on the...
December 14, 2011
Criticized over donations from Korean residents, the ruling Democratic Party of Japan will prohibit non-Japanese from becoming DPJ members and voting in party presidential...
November 29, 2011
When Sean Dowty got accepted into the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, he had some anxiety when he learned he would be teaching students in the quake-ravaged zone in...
November 24, 2011
The nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture continues to scare away foreign visitors, while the strong yen has added another problem for government officials trying to increase...
October 31, 2011
Two years after the passage of the revised immigration control law, and nine months before it takes effect, criticism against the government's new requirements for foreign...
October 18, 2011
With an eye on expansion in Asia, major department store operator Takashimaya Co. said on Oct. 17 that foreigners will account for as much as 10 percent of about 70 new...
July 30, 2011
ONAGAWA, Miyagi Prefecture--Following the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, the father of Robert Lehne, an assistant language teacher (ALT), saw the news and images of the...
July 09, 2011
When work was under way to rebuild areas of the disaster-hit Tohoku region, one man drew surprised looks with his effortless swings of a sledgehammer that broke up concrete...
May 02, 2011
SENDAI--While many foreigners fled the country in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, some exhibited more fortitude--returning to Japan to help in the crisis.
April 30, 2011
A charity concert to support survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake was held on March 29 in Phon, a rural community with a population of 12,000 in northeastern Thailand,...
April 26, 2011
As most Japanese know, a high proportion of the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami were elderly. This reflected the particular demography of the...
April 23, 2011
To some foreigners who stayed, those who left Tokyo after the March 11 earthquake committed a cardinal sin, worthy of the disparaging epithet "flyjin."
April 20, 2011
Although dictators, oppression and even war continue to cause enormous suffering in their home countries, a number of foreigners remain focused on helping survivors of the...
April 11, 2011
SHIRAKAWA, Fukushima Prefecture--When she felt the earth shake, Gemma Juanay was chatting in her not-so-perfect Japanese with residents at the Komineen home for the elderly.
April 06, 2011
SHENYANG, China--Like many Chinese, Zhang Di had a less-than-favorable image of Japan. But all that changed after the kindness that was extended to her by Japanese people...
March 17, 2011
Fearful and struggling to make themselves understood, many foreign trainees are having a difficult time coping in the aftermath of Friday's mega-earthquake and making contact...
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