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[ad_1] As temperatures dip down to single digits, it's finally feeling like winter. In terms of Japan’s seasonal culinary calendar, that means one thing: oden.In poll after poll taken by various Japanese newspapers, magazines, social media channels and convenience store chains, this warming assortment of slowly simmered morsels is the top-ranking comfort food for blustery winter nights. Regional versions of oden abound — some simmered in a lightly seasoned, amber-colored […]

[ad_1] Born in Tokyo, Ellie Harrell was an office worker before discovering the world of seitai with Choco, her canine companion of 17 years. Seitai, a Japanese body realignment therapy with roots in Chinese medicine, is most commonly known for its application on humans, but Harrell is one of the few practitioners using the techniques of seitai on dogs. Opening her salon, Bonjour, in October, she is now welcoming owners […]

[ad_1] Top economic aides for U.S. President Joe Biden said he aims to preserve union jobs and domestic manufacturing in the U.S. steel sector, a signal Nippon Steel may have to bolster its accommodation of organized labor to seal its takeover of United States Steel.The $14.1 billion deal to create the world’s second-largest steel company will be reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, […]

[ad_1] The average price of new condominiums released last year in central Tokyo topped ¥100 million ($677,000) for the first time, driven by luxury properties and soaring construction material prices, real estate research firm data showed. The price shot up 39.4% from the previous year to ¥114.83 million per unit in the capital's 23 wards, the Real Estate Economic Institute said Thursday. The average price of new condos in the […]

[ad_1] The Defense Ministry has punished the Ground Self-Defense Force's vice chief of staff and two others over the use of official cars for their group visit to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, often seen as a symbol of the country's past militarism. The ministry, however, added Friday that the visit itself to the Shinto shrine on Jan. 9 was a private one and "based on their free will," and thus […]

[ad_1] Sydney – The pro-Taiwan leader of the Pacific islands nation of Tuvalu, Kausea Natano, lost his seat in an election closely watched by Taiwan, China and the U.S., partial results showed on Saturday.Tuvalu, with a population of about 11,200 spread across nine islands, is one of three remaining Pacific allies of Taiwan, after Nauru cut ties this month and switched to Beijing, which had promised more development help.Natano had […]