According to the temple, Katsuo-ji became known as the “Daruma temple” about 100 years ago, around the same time the site began selling the dolls — a lucky talisman in Japan and a symbol of ...

Domestic shipments of paper and paperboard in 2024 dropped 2.9% from the previous year to 19.91 million tons, the lowest in 39 years, the Japan Paper Association said Thursday. The drop came as ...

KAGOSHIMA -- A team of local governments and private firms in Japan has developed the world's first toilet paper made from materials including used diapers, and has high hopes the initiative will ...

TOKYO -- Companies in Japan are reducing the maturity periods of their commercial paper, short-term debt instruments that they use to manage immediate financing needs. Market expectations that ...

This year, Starbucks Japan’s drink and dessert holiday specials evoke a spooky, fiery Halloween. Under a theme of Magical Fire Halloween, Starbucks introduced a Frappuccino that looks like a ...

Japan celebrated Halloween early with a unique event by transforming a bullet train into a zombie apocalypse experience. Inspired by the film Train to Busan, the event featured actors posing as ...

It's usually a serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan's famously efficient bullet ... less than two weeks before Halloween, touted it as the "world's first haunted house experience on a running ...

Universal Studios Japan will once again hold its annual Halloween event in 2024. This year's Halloween will offer two distinct experiences—day and night—welcoming guests with entertainment ...

China's Ministry of National Defense criticized Japan's recently released defense white paper on Thursday evening, accusing it of using China as a pretext to deceive the Japanese public and ...