7+ hour, 51+ min ago   (548+ words) TOKYO - Gutsu Grill Shinjuku has been serving hearty, affordable steak in Nishi-Shinjuku since 1999, attracting crowds with generous portions and a menu built around value for money. The 44-seat restaurant regularly fills up at lunchtime, with customers praising its tender meat,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (515+ words) PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed have agreed on plans to build three theme parks near Paris, including one based on the popular Japanese anime Dragon Ball, with total construction costs expected to reach about…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (543+ words) Japandi, in Western usage: a material and color palette, light wood, linen, uneven ceramics, applied to furniture and home decor. In its country of origin: not a Japanese term at all. It is a Western marketing coinage from around 2016, pairing…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (570+ words) TOKYO - Nine people were injured, including two seriously, after a pleasure boat carrying 10 people ran aground near the mouth of the Tama River close to Haneda Airport on the evening of August 24. Emergency services received a series of calls shortly…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (562+ words) TOKYO - Haneda Airport has unveiled a new boarding area at Terminal 1 that will begin operations in September, featuring extensive wood interiors and self-driving transportation within the facility. The North Satellite is the first major expansion of Terminal 1 and will be…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (979+ words) OSAKA - An 85-year-old couple have donated a combined 400 million yen to Osaka City with a request that the money be used to create a giant Myaku-Myaku statue about 20 meters tall at the former site of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, envisioning a…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1498+ words) OSAKA - Japan's traditional neighborhood public baths are struggling with rising fuel, labor and operating costs, but unlike most businesses they cannot freely raise prices because admission fees remain regulated under a postwar price-control law introduced in 1946. The Price Control Ordinance…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (680+ words) TOKYO - Lawson plans to cut prices on its main line of onigiri rice balls by 10 yen from September 29 as falling rice prices begin to feed through to retail costs. The major convenience store operator has decided to reduce prices across…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1493+ words) TOKYO - Japanese companies and venture investors are stepping up efforts to commercialize technologies that could transform shipping and recruitment, with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines pursuing fully autonomous operation of giant cargo vessels while startup Calaris develops an interactive AI interviewer designed to…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (598+ words) TOKYO - Suzuki has unveiled a prototype of its first kei-class electric vehicle, the e SKY, which is scheduled to go on sale during the current fiscal year with a driving range of 310 kilometers, among the longest offered by a domestically…...