town of Yuasa, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.... The epicenter, in the northern part of the

MAEBASHI--A time-honored soy sauce business in Gunma Prefecture has launched a project to age bottles of its sauce in the old Shinetsu Line tunnel in Usui Pass, which lies in central Japan between the prefecture and the neighboring prefecture of Nagano.... The company, Aritaya, plans to leave the soy sauce in the tunnel for a year to mature, and hopes to convert its project into a tourism-boosting resource.... The soy sauce being used in the project was created from soy beans and wheat produce

The avatar robot introduced by the Yaita Municipal Government is seen at the government office in Tochigi Prefecture on Oct.... Because students can grasp the situation around them with the robot and have conversations through it like a video phone, they can feel as if they are present.... The robot has a total project cost of 993, 000 yen( about$ 8, 800), two-thirds or which is covered by the Tochigi Prefectural Government's subsidy to support promotion of the use of future technologies....

Морские силы самообороны Японии (JMSDF) ввели в строй подлодку "Райгэй". Как уточняет Naval News, это уже четвертая дизель-электрическая субмарина класса "Тайгэй", построенная для японского флота.

Церемония ввода в строй Военно-морских сил самообороны Японии построенной на судостроительном предприятии Kobe Shipyard Machinery Works корпорации Mitsubishi Heavy Industries неатомной подводной лодки SS 511 Oryu (11-й в серии типа Soryu), которая стала первой в мире боевой дизель-электричес

ДЭПЛ типа ？Сорю？ ВМС Японии. Источник: ВМС США ЦАМТО, 8 ноября.

Источник изображения: Фото: Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceЦАМТО, 7 марта. На верфи Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) в Кобе 6 марта состоялась церемония передачи Морским силам самообороны Японии новой НАПЛ класса "Тайгей".

This provided photo shows Kokone of Saitama children's Zoo Park participated in the capybara watermelon eating contest.... The winner, Kokone from Saitama children's Zoo Park, took on the challenge without an audience during the closed hours of the park due to measures against the coronavirus.... She kept eating and eating, but left one piece, so the zoo staff" watched the video back and timed it again." Kokone won the event for the second straight time following the previous contest in 2019..

This file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange.... The U.S. dollar was firm in the lower 110 yen range after climbing to the level overnight as it was bought on expectations of a wider interest rate gap between the United States and Japan, following a rise in U.S. Treasury yields, dealers said.... Shares marked the longest rally for this year on expectations for a possible new economic relief package and coronavirus response under the new Liberal Democratic Party leader--and thus the prime min

TOKYO( REUTERS)-In 50 years running a cafe in Tokyo, Mr Shizuo Mori can't remember a time when his coffee supplies cost this much. The 78-year-old, who owns Heckeln, an old-school coffee shop in Tokyo's Toranomon business district, says the wholesale cost of his main product has surged 5 per cent in the last three months. That is a jolting experience for a country where weak growth has meant that prices of many things-including wages-haven't risen much in decades. While he has not yet passed on