Ibaraki Prefecture now offers rewards to whistleblowers who lead them to companies illegally employing foreign workers.

You got your drones in my fireworks! You got your fireworks in my drones! Drone displays are becoming quite popular these ...

Super-affordable Garigari-kun will become a little less so. Over the past few months, it seems like hardly a day goes by in Japan without one company or another announcing that it’s raising the prices ...

But Otomo looks to be ready to start pouring much more of his creative energies into animation with the announcement that ...

On 11 May, Starbucks Japan released two brand new limited-edition drinks – the Chunky Strawberry Milk and the Strawberry Chocolate Frappuccino. According to the chain, these new beverages are improved ...

Stories in Tokyo Tower City Light Fantasia tag.

Officially, Pizza Hut is calling it the Nomeru Pizza Cheese Curry, or “Drinkable Cheese Curry Pizza,” referencing the creamy, ...

Ecological goals and economic concerns mean no more free bags and more by-location price variations. There’s been a lot for Japanese Starbucks fans to be happy about over the last few days, as the ...

However, a notable exception next month will be Kaneyamaen, an onsen (hot spring) hotel located near the foot of Mt. Fuji in ...

After slicing it in half, though, the truth was revealed, as its saucy centre gave us a peek at the contents. To our surprise, there really were noodles here, and they were thick, in the style of ...

That’s because this is Japan’s first all-freight Shinkansen, strictly used for shipping cargo from one part of the country to the other, with no cars for leisure or business travelers. The seven cars ...