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Twenty years ago on August 8, 1988, thousands of Burmese pro-democracy demonstrators were slaughtered by their country's military regime in a massacre known as "8888". Since then, Burma's illegal junta has ...

A 22-year-old woman has become the first female in the nearly 400-year history of Nikko Toshogu to serve as a priest of the shrine, a major tourist attraction in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

Kegon Waterfall is one of the best 100 waterfalls in Japan, and one of the three great falls in Nikko, and one of the three great waterfalls in Japan.

Kegon Waterfall is one of the best 100 waterfalls in Japan, and one of the three great falls in Nikko, and one of the three great waterfalls in Japan.

Kegon Waterfall is one of the best 100 waterfalls in Japan, and one of the three great falls in Nikko, and one of the three great waterfalls in Japan.

Kegon Waterfall is one of the best 100 waterfalls in Japan, and one of the three great falls in Nikko, and one of the three great waterfalls in Japan.

Kegon Waterfall is one of the best 100 waterfalls in Japan, and one of the three great falls in Nikko, and one of the three great waterfalls in Japan.

Kegon Waterfall is one of the best 100 waterfalls in Japan, and one of the three great falls in Nikko, and one of the three great waterfalls in Japan.

Toyota wants to increase production of the Prius hybrid by 70 percent after the car is redesigned next year, according to the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper in Japan.

Toyota wants to increase production of the Prius hybrid by 70 percent after the car is redesigned next year, according to the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper in Japan.

The Lake Chuzenji Fishery Association in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, has decided to start removing nonnative trout from the lake as they are preying on the fry of sockeye salmon to such an extent that the ...

Oil prices squeezing soaplands, staff July 9, 2008 : The Tokyo Reporter .The evening tabloid newspaper Nikkan Gendai reports that customers were informed that the cost rise was due to the soaring price of heavy ...

TOKYO - After failing to impress in the K-1 ring, former sumo grand champion Akebono will look to make his mark as a promoter of the mixed martial arts sport.

The Imperial Household Agency has released censored documents depicting the later life of Emperor Taisho , the grandfather of Emperor Akihito.

All Press Releases for June 04, 2008>> Opalesque Roundtable finds endowments, sovereign wealth funds and large global hedge funds come back to Japan - What do they see? Endowments, sovereign wealth funds and ...

A Japanese man who was mystified when food kept disappearing from his kitchen, set up a hidden camera and found an unknown woman living secretly in his closet, Japanese media said Friday.

A Japanese man who was mystified when food kept disappearing from his kitchen, set up a hidden camera and found an unknown woman living secretly in his closet, Japanese media said Friday.

There is a certain awe that I believe strikes travelers when they enter a country for the first time.

Mumbai, May 17: Baja Auto Ltd will bring Kawasaki's 150cc sports bike to India next year. via The Telegraph

The Foreign Ministry has disclosed about 50,000 pages of diplomatic documents detailing the Japan-South Korea diplomatic normalization talks from 1951 to 1965 to a civic group that requested them, The Yomiuri ... via Daily Yomiuri