Brews also are losing out in Japan to a wide variety of other liquors.
16 Aug 2017 2:15 PM
Demand for it helped put the creatures on the International Union of Conservation of Nature's "Red List" of endangered species in 2014.
10 Aug 2017 7:52 PM
Nyamjavyn Tsevegnyam has given up his Mongolian nationality to become Japanese.
20 Jul 2017 2:56 PM
The island has sometimes been said to ban women, but in principle anyone but the priests who pray there for 365 days a year is barred.
10 Jul 2017 7:05 PM
Brand owner Sanrio said the feline-inspired character was not actually a cat but a "happy little girl".
03 Jul 2017 6:48 PM
Born to 11-year-old Shinshin. unnamed baby is already a national sensation
21 Jun 2017 7:37 PM
Japan's Cannes prodigy Naomi Kawase believes Netflix can help unleash the creativity of her country's film industry.
09 Jun 2017 5:16 PM
SoftBank has poured roughly $1 bn into Snapdeal since 2014, but competition has risen dramatically with Amazon cranking up its presence.
08 May 2017 8:49 AM
Officials defend the low number, saying applicants are mainly from Asian countries seeking access to Japan solely for economic reasons.
06 May 2017 1:20 AM
Former opera singer Maori Tezuka made her debut in Japan’s flourishing “silver porn” industry at 71
21 Mar 2017 6:12 PM
Tillerson arrived in Tokyo late Wednesday at the start of his four-day, three-nation tour.
15 Mar 2017 8:34 PM
The study showed that 42% of single men and 44% single women between ages 18 to 34 were virgins.
15 Feb 2017 3:59 PM
At the click of a mouse, customers can hire a monk from Minrevi from 35,000 yen($300) depending on the ceremony.
01 Feb 2017 9:50 AM
The phone booth is situated on a grassy hill in Otsuchi
30 Jan 2017 12:20 PM
The method uses a basic posture that has gone unnoticed till now
17 Jan 2017 5:48 PM
It is the fifth mass cull this winter in Japan with hundreds of officials working to prevent the spread of the virulent H5 strain
18 Dec 2016 11:25 AM
Two coast guard divers spotted the boat some 45 metres (149 feet) below the surface near the site of the accident.
15 Dec 2016 11:43 AM
First treated as a quirky joke in 2015, the group's image is changing, with the release of two albums and a growing number of live concert
15 Dec 2016 11:12 AM
A Japanese skating rink that froze 5,000 dead fish into the ice as an attraction for visitors was forced to close after receiving criticism.
28 Nov 2016 4:37 PM