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At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, the water flowing down the falls has frozen completely again this year with the coldness of win･･･ ...

At Enoshima Aquarium in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, soft serve ice cream that looks like a spotted seal is ...

Japan has a wealth of region-locked games that have pushed boundaries, but many of these titles never made it to the West. One major hurdle was translation and its inherent challenges. Japanese Kanji ...

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Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times Supported by By Clay Risen One afternoon in February 1891, a Japanese chemist named Jokichi Takamine arrived by train in Peoria, Ill. He was there at the ...