Japan now has more than 100,000 people aged 100 and older
Japan's centenarians top 100,000 for the first time — 107,677 people aged 100+, 88% of them women. What it mea...
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Japan's Poké Ball hotel is real, spherical, and very hard to book
A Poké Ball-shaped hotel pod has opened in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, designed by NOT A HOTEL with Pokémon Sleep — b...
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¥39 Million Jewellery Heist at Tokyo Big Sight Ends With Arrest at Narita
A Colombian man was arrested over the theft of ¥39 million in gems from Tokyo Big Sight — caught landing at Na...
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Fatal Expressway Crash in Niigata: What Drivers Heading to Japan's Snow Country Should Know
Two men died in a night-time crash on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Niigata. What the incident means for travelle...
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Japan now has more than 100,000 people aged 100 or over — and it says a lot about the country you'll visit
Japan's centenarians top 100,000 for the first time — what the record longevity figures mean for travellers ex...
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Off-season Mount Fuji rescues will now come with a bill: what climbers need to know
Yamanashi Prefecture will charge climbers for off-season helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji from next September....
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A 95-year-old woman's 80-year fight for Japanese citizenship hits another court wall
Japan's Hiroshima High Court denied citizenship to a 95-year-old woman left in the Philippines after WWII. Her...
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Okinawa's new governor will shape the islands travellers will see
Okinawa elects Genta Koja, ending 12 years of anti-base rule. What the election means for travellers to Japan'...
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Late-Night Street Assault in Nagasaki Puts a Spotlight on After-Hours Safety
A 2 a.m. street assault in Nagasaki ends in arrest. What happened, and what it means for travellers enjoying t...
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Nagoya's Asian Games room crunch: cruise ships, container huts and a scramble for beds
Nagoya's Asian Games face a room shortage: 17,000 athletes, a cruise ship, container huts and Airbnb fixes. Wh...
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Okinawa voters pick economic growth over base politics: what the new governor means for travellers
Okinawa's new governor Genta Koja backs the US base relocation and wants economic growth. What his win means f...
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Shibetsu, Hokkaido: Quiet Farm City in the News for All the Wrong Reasons
A drunken family assault in Shibetsu, Hokkaido made headlines — but what's this rural Japanese city actually l...
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Okinawa's new governor wants to double incomes — with tourism at the centre of the plan
Okinawa elects Genta Koja, its first pro-relocation governor in 12 years, pledging to double incomes through t...
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