Increasing number of middle-aged, elderly women taking ballet classes in Japan
Ballet has become so popular among adult women, there is even a competition exclusively for adults wishing to perform on stage.
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Japan 2050: Private sector tries innovative ways to help depopulating regions survive
According to some estimates, Japan’s population will drop from about 124 million to less than 100 million by the year 2056.
Approval of PM Kishida’s Cabinet sinks to new low of 23％: poll
Japanese public rebuffs Political Funds Control Law revision, fixed tax cuts.
Strategies emerge amid campaign for Tokyo Governor
Candidates took to the streets in rainy weather to make speeches on Sunday, the first Sunday since the beginning of the campaign period for the July 7 Tokyo gubernatorial election.
Photos of Japanese Emperor show intimate glimpse of student days in United Kingdom
A person associated with the Emperor’s time studying in Britain has entrusted The Yomiuri Shimbun with 18 photographs of the Emperor that had not previously been made public.
Iwate restaurant spreads the deliciousness of tofu
The restaurant is run by Takuya Onitsuka, 42, a former member of the village’s regional revitalization cooperation team who took over a local tofu shop. He is determined to…
Landscape artists show talent in truck-bed contest in Osaka
Keitora Garden Show 2024, an event in which professional gardeners created garden landscapes on the beds of light trucks (keitora), was held in Nagai Park in Osaka on April 27-28.
Japanese government drafts basic AI regulation policies
The policy seems to be intended to require developers to share safety information with the government.
Parties divided over how to boost Japan’s Imperial Family size
The question is whether the parties can agree on the design of certain systems, such as how to treat the children of female family members if they retain their Imperial status…
Japan, US sign deal to send 2 Japanese astronauts to the moon
This is the first time the US has agreed to fly non-US astronauts to the moon, making Japan only the second nation to have an astronaut land on the lunar surface.