The country has 4.1 million vending machines, according to Nikkei Compass, a database for industry reports. Many of them will be obsolete once the new 1,000-, 5,000- and 10,000-yen bills roll out in July featuring hologram technology.
Becky Lynch served the WWE audience for a long time before her contract came to a close at the end of May 2024. Before she entered the WWE universe, the female superstar worked at other places too. She was an indie wrestler during her 2006…
A look at Japan's role in the global chip battle; Omdia: Japanese companies account for nearly half of the world's six crucial semiconductor materials — With subsidies and a $6 billion acquisition, Tokyo wants to make its companies…
Japan faces a daunting demographic challenge as its birth rate plunges to an unprecedented low, prompting governmental initiatives to reverse the trend, including the rollout of a state-backed dating app, CNN reported.
Tokyo's Shibuya Ward is expected to ban drinking alcohol in public at night, an extension of restrictions that were put in place for Halloween and New Year's Eve starting in 2019.
Space isn’t all that crowded when viewed in totality, but the interstellar clutter intensifies when you narrow your scope down to low Earth orbit. NASA’s official website refers to this region of space as “an orbital space junk yard” with…
MEIWA, Japan >> When Costco Wholesale opened its warehouse in a rural Japanese town not far from Tokyo last year offering hundreds of jobs at eye-popping pay, a nearby noodle shop chain took a drastic step: it hiked hourly wages by a third.