Holiday Inn Heads to Sanda and Tosu: IHG Brings First International Hotels to Emerging Japanese Cities

IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced a significant expansion of its footprint in Japan with the rebranding of two existing properties into ANA Holiday Inn hotels, marking the first international hotel presence in both Sanda and Tosu City. The move...

JAL, Hulic to build customs warehouse near Tokyo's Narita airport

TOKYO -- Japan Airlines is partnering with property developer Hulic to construct a logistics complex near the Tokyo area's Narita Airport that will include one of the largest customs bonded warehouses in Japan. Hulic has acquired roughly 450,000...

A Restored Module from Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower Goes on Year-Long Display at MoMA

Kisho Kurokawa, Architect & Associates (Tokyo, est. 1962). Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo. 1970–72. Exterior view. 1972. Image © Tomio Ohashi Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or...

Japanese airline CEO thanks Marine for subduing unruly passenger on flight to Texas

Shinichi Inoue, the CEO of All Nippon Airways, presents a certificate of appreciation to Sgt. Maj. Jody Armentrout at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 11, 2025. Armentrout helped subdue an unruly passenger on a flight from Tokyo to...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s Visit to Mongolia Emphasizes ‘Special Strategic Partnership’

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako just wrapped up an 8-day visit to Mongolia at the invitation of the Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa. Naruhito’s historic state visit to Mongolia envisaged a special partnership between the two...

Japanese Animation TV Ranking, June 30-July 6

An episode of Anpan, the newest entry in NHK's six-decade-long Renzoku Terebi Shōsetsu (Serialized TV Novel, also known as "Asadora" or Morning Drama) franchise, aired on Wednesday, July 2 at 8:00 a.m. and earned a 17.8% rating. A separate episode...

Underwater Camera Captures First-Ever Images of Japanese WWII Warship

Researchers used remotely operated cameras to discover the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki, a famed WWII warship that had gone undocumented and unseen since it was sunk by U.S. torpedoes 83 years ago. In a press release released on...

Typhoon Nari Passing East of Tokyo; Over 140 kph Gusts Expected By Evening

The Japan News The Yomiuri Shimbun 12:59 JST, July 14, 2025 Typhoon Nari, the fifth of the season, was passing east of the Kanto region early on Monday afternoon. The typhoon had been moving north at 35 kph over the Pacific Ocean about 210...

Han’s Tokyo Drift VeilSide Mazda RX-7 Just Sold for $1.2 Million

Time has aged The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift into a classic, and rightfully so. A spinoff with new characters that wasn’t really folded into the series’ overarching narrative until years later, the 2006 movie further popularized JDM culture...

We found the classiest branch of one of Japan’s best cheap restaurants on a Kyoto side street

We hardly recognized this beef bowl joint’s sign, and another surprise was waiting inside. The whole point of a business’ sign is to catch passersby’s eyes, which is why so many of them have bright, look-at-me colors. Take, for example, restaurant...

Qatar's Abakar books ticket to Tokyo World Championships

Doha: Qatar athlete Ismael Doudai Abakar has secured a spot at the World Athletics Championships after a brilliant victory at the Meeting International de Marseille in France. Abakar won the 400m hurdles in a new meet record time of 48.49 seconds,...

BE:FIRST: ‘We want to spread Japanese music to the world’

In their latest single, “GRIT”, Japanese boy group BE:FIRST goes straight to the heart of their story – how they broke down walls in an industry that never expected them to rise. “Everything you see, I’ve reached uncharted territory,” sings Ryuhei...

Nissan to halt production at Japanese plant

TOKYO — Struggling auto giant Nissan said Tuesday it will stop production at its plant at Oppama in Japan at the end of its 2027 fiscal year. Nissan posted a net loss of 671 billion yen ($4.5 billion) last year and it has said it will cut 15...

‘India is too hard to live in’: Japanese vlogger’s video on why Indians move abroad stirs online conversation

A Japanese travel vlogger recently posted a video reflecting on his conversations with Indians he met while exploring different countries. What stood out for him wasn’t just how talented or driven these individuals were, but the reason they gave...

Obon Festival Invites People to Savor Japanese Culture

The Cleveland Obon Festival, a Japanese festival honoring the ancestors, is celebrating its 80th annual event this year. That means it debuted immediately after World War II, a fraught time for Japanese in America. During that dark era (which is...

Arigato Travel joins DMO KYOTO to promote sustainable tourism

Arigato Travel joins Kyoto Tourism Association, strengthening commitment to authentic, sustainable cultural and culinary tourism across Japan. Arigato Travel, Japan’s culinary and cultural tourism company, is proud to announce its official...

'Fake News': Govt Denies Rejecting Japanese Bullet Train Technology

New Delhi: The Railways Ministry has dismissed as baseless and misleading some reports claiming that India has decided not to run the Japanese bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. Releasing a fact check on these 'fake news' reports, the...

Gari Shoyu Sando Co. now operating as a food truck offering Japanese pop-up meals

Mazda RX-7 from 'Tokyo Drift' auctions for record seven figures

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Entertainment Vehicle types Classic Cars & Trucks Performance Vehicles A CDN$1.7-million top bid makes this car – used for "stunt and static scenes" – the most expensive "Fast & Furious" car ever sold Published Jul 14,...

S. Korea Summons Japanese Embassy Official to Lodge Protest over Dokdo Claims

Photo : YONHAP News South Korea has summoned a senior official from the Japanese embassy in Seoul to protest Japan’s latest claim over the Dokdo islets. Seoul’s foreign ministry on Tuesday called in Yoshiyasu Iseki, the embassy’s acting minister,...