Once known as Japan’s political centre, this coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture, less than an hour south of Tokyo is oozing with tradition and cultural treasures. Kamakura is famous for its Great ...

The cherry blossoms herald the full arrival of spring in Japan. In celebration ... and the first day on the job for young recruits. In Kamakura, the cherry blossoms typically begin coming out ...

The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined ... four meters tall and believed to have been made during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), in or around 1200.

TOKYO—Japanese companies are again offering workers the biggest pay increase in three decades, the nation’s largest labor union group said Friday, signaling wage growth that gives the Bank of ...

By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM and Japan TV network Tokyo Broadcasting ... “Mugen Loop is a big yet clear-cut show that will propose a clear answer ...

Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...

Japanese trading houses, including Mitsubishi Corp. and Marubeni Corp., rallied on Tuesday after Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s plans to increase holdings were seen a stamp of approval for the sector ...

Nissin Foods Holdings, one of the world’s largest instant noodle-makers, plans to invest "many hundreds of millions of dollars” in the next several years for expansion in Japan and elsewhere ...

The reality of globalization is increasingly forcing Japan Inc. to aggressively hire linguistically gifted employees, with some companies going as far as to designate English as their ...

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