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The second annual BitSummit began as most Japanese events do: with a short opening ceremony.

A bowl of Kitakata-ramen is served at a ramen shop in Tokyo. Ramen is among the Japanese culinary traditions.

The total amount used on UnionPay cards by tourists visiting Japan broke above 15.0 billion yen in September 2013.

This spring the Gallery at Japan Society draws from the Brooklyn Museum's collection of Japanese art to present Points of Departure: Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum , a survey diverging from the conventional narrative of Japanese art by highlighting the polyglot nature of the Japanese achievement.

March 11, 2011 was truly a tragic day in Japan. Lives were changed and lives were ended.

Kyoto-based and three centuries old, the store brings premium green tea to NYC Just a few blocks from the hustle and bustle of Grand Central Station lies the serene Ippodo , hidden inside the ground level of Michelin-starred restaurant Kajitsu , which specializes in all-vegetarian Japanese Shojin cuisine.

A city on the Sea of Japan coast said Tuesday it will recommend that mementos and records of prisoners of war detained in the Soviet Union after World War II be included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

The rooms at the Hiroshima Garden Palace Hotels are clean and functional with both LAN and WiFi internet connections.

It was a blow to the lowest core. Three years after the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown, prosecutors in Although no one directly died following the radiation released when the Fukushima nuclear plant got crippled by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, the July 2012 results made by independent investigative committee set up by the ... (more)

NHK, which is often compared with the BBC in the U.K., has been a focus of public attention and intense criticism in recent weeks.

JapaneseArt are showing in their 11th year in New York as an Affiliate Member of the JADA , and as a member of Asia Week New York.

The church is an Anglican Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Kyoto as is St. Agnes Church on the west side of the Imperial Palace.

Tucked between Oscar and cherry blossom season, March offers an unmissable array of concerts, performances and exhibitions, along with a special gathering to mark the three-year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

After Tokyo, charming Kyoto is the most popular destination for American tourists in Japan, and an absolute must for most visitors, even first timers.

Kyoto-hu Butsugu Cooperative, or association for craftspeople of Buddhist altar fittings, is working on toy-making incorporating various techniques they use to produce Kyoto-style Buddhist altars and altar fittings, which are traditional crafts.

Shoyeido Incense Co., an incense producer and distributor headquartered in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, opened its new store "Shoyeido Kunkun" in the "Asty Road" shopping mall at the Hachijo Entrance of JR Kyoto Station, Shimogyo Ward.

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The okonomiyaki restaurant felt like a social club. In Japan, it is easy to meet people when you go out to eat and many will tell you what to order.

Born near Akechi village in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Akechi was a general in the armies of warlord Oda Nobunaga , until he turned traitor against his patron and attacked and killed him at Honnoji Temple in Kyoto.

The former Rissei Elementary School site, nowadays an occasional cultural events center, was earlier home to the Kyoto Dento, the electric company whose technology helped industrialist Katsutaro Inabata to demonstrate the LumiA re Brothers' cinA©matographe camera in 1897 - Japan's first experience with film.