to House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima to convene an extraordinary parliamentary

and their fourth in five seasons.... Oshima's 50th-minute goal marked a happy J1 return for the

Oshima, from Oita Prefecture on Japan's southern island of Kyushu, had been blogging about his

AMAMI, Kagoshima--The city of Amami on the southwest Japan island of Amami-Oshima, in Kagoshima

, Uzbekistan, on July 2, 2021.... Ryota Oshima, Leandro Damiao and Yasuto Wakizaka also scored for the J

Amami Oshima, and the Coast Guard said on Thursday that he was able to walk.He told the Japanese

TOKYO— New Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, paving the way for elections Oct.... Opposition parties have struggled to win enough votes to form a new government after the brief rule of the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan in 2009-2012.... He also sought to gradually expand social and economic activities by using vaccination certificates and more testing. Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the Democratic Party for the People, said Kishida was sel

The Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum is seen in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, in this 2020 file photo.... The Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum started the exhibition titled" Between Life and Death--Stories of Rescue During the Holocaust--" in November to commemorate the first anniversary of its new construction and renewal.... The stories reportedly explain how some Jews survived, and the historical background of the time....

BEPPU, Oita--A group of residents and dancers dressed as eerie-looking deities paraded from a shrine to a hot spring district to perform a Shinto ritual as part of a contemporary arts festival which began in the southwest Japan city of Beppu on Dec.... The festival" in BEPPU," held in the Oita Prefecture city famous for its hot spring baths, invites a guest artist to produce a solo exhibition each year.... A performer dressed as a mud deity, front, and others dance at the" mushiyu( steam bath)

The city, eager to keep its older residents active, has redefined the word so that only those 75 and older qualify.“ I think it’s a natural move, because people in their 60s are much younger than I had imagined before," Ms.... The birthrate is still falling and immigration has nearly ground to a halt with Covid-19. Linguistically, however, Japan is at the forefront of change.... He takes it a little easier these days after retiring from his factory job....