He explained that the concept is not entirely new, as similar cat islands already exist in other countries. "In Japan, such islands have already been established," he stated at Jakarta City Hall on ...

security tensions are growing in Japan, especially in the Nansei Islands, the southwestern chain that includes Okinawa. The seriousness of the situation can be understood from the joint statement ...

This isn’t science fiction — it’s the changing face of Japan’s hospitality industry. The cat robots come from Skylark Holdings Co., the country’s largest table-service restaurant chain ...

Cats are seen as symbols of good luck in Japan. With their cultural significance from cat temples to cat “station attendants,” it’s no surprise that cat-themed products are incredibly popular. Aigan ...

Both Japan and the Marshall Islands have experienced nuclear fallout. The U.S. dropping of atomic bombs devasted Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II while U.S. nuclear tests were ...

The shrine is seen by Beijing and Seoul as a symbol of Japan's past military aggression because it includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal among the 2 ...

On March 13, commencing at 2:40 pm for approximately 40 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a Japan-Marshall Islands Summit Meeting with H.E. Dr. Hilda C. Heine, President of ...

Emboldened by a law allowing wider weapons use, the Chinese Coast Guard has repeatedly and more brazenly tested Japan’s resolve to avoid escalating tensions around the Senkaku Islands in the ...

Shrine visitors elsewhere customarily clap their hands twice in a gesture of respect to the deity, yet at Izumo Oyashiro, they’ll clap four times. Massive mountains near the sea, remote islands with ...

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine on Thursday agreed to further boost bilateral ties. Ishiba pledged Japan's support ...

Japan will provide $3 million to Pacific island nations to help them implement measures against climate change, the Foreign Ministry said, in an apparent bid to counter China's expanding clout in the ...

On March 13, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba held a summit meeting with H.E. Dr. Hilda C. Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), at the Prime Minister’s Office. The two leaders ...