(The next installment of this series will be published on January 8, 2025.) Japanese original (Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun) Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun ...

A great white shark has been exhibited in Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium ... and in Shimane Aquarium, Japan for only four days. These sharks were a little over one-meter long. A great white shark is very ...

With stunning beaches, lush nature, and unique culture, Okinawa is Japan’s tropical paradise ... Both draw locals and visitors alike, keen to own a beautiful handmade work of art. Dragon boat racing, ...

He also developed an interest in firearms, something that would later help him consolidate power as he marched across Japan. In 1549, Nobunaga’s father made peace ... the Edo-era samurai famous for ...

Ken’s return and quick departure caused a fracture within Eiko and Harry’s relationship that is still present when he returns, as lovelorn as ever, to Japan ... are made about Ken’s actual ...

Many a movie has been made about the cultural differences between the East and the West. From action epics like The Last Samurai to contemplative dramas ... as lovelorn as ever, to Japan at the start ...

The Yakuza follows Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum), a retired police detective, who is hired to travel to Tokyo to save an old friend’s daughter from her Japanese ... are made about Ken’s ...

And U.S. tariffs made it more profitable to produce industrial metals here rather than import them from Japan. Biden’s decision was applauded by national figures across the steel belt ...

The original document of the agreement between Japan and the United States on the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty will be made public on May 13, a full half century after the fact. It ...

Officers were told a man was allegedly driving a Hyundai SUV when he attempted to remove the owner of the car, a 37-year-old woman passenger, with the samurai sword. It is alleged the man ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Japanese motorcyclist was killed early New Year’s Day in a two-vehicle collision involving a U.S. Marine, according to Japanese police. The 22-year-old Marine from ...