The Government of Japan has been promoting startups to boost innovation and growth, and the pool of potential unicorns, those ...

Over in Tokyo’s neighboring Saitama Prefecture, though, there’s an onsen that’s ... won’t take up a lot of room in your suitcase if you want to take them home as souvenirs. If you love soy sauce as ...

A children’s playground at Higashi-Tokorazawa Park in Tokorazawa City, Saitama Prefecture ... just food and drinks but also cosmetics and souvenirs, even clothing (e.g. ties, handkerchiefs ...

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Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on ...

The request was made after a truck fell into a gaping sinkhole at a busy intersection in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, on January 28. The request had been in place since that day in relevant 12 ...

IZUMO, Shimane Prefecture--A resort complex with guest ... ice cream, coffee and souvenirs. In addition, a swing named “swing of wind” was installed on the nearby beach, and the area will ...

The metal mass found inside an underground sewer pipe near the site of a sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture has been identified as the cab of a truck that plunged into the hole created by the incident ...

Saitama Prefecture. As the search for the truck driver, 74, is facing difficulty, the impact of the accident on the lives of the residents is becoming prolonged. The prefecture is asking nearby ...

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search ...