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Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to ...

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Tokyo residents have used a chip card for transport, shopping, and budgeting, thanks to Japan's emphasis on technology and convenience.

A new train station located near the venue of a world exposition in the western Japanese city of Osaka has opened ahead of the scheduled start of the event in April. An opening ceremony for ...

Donna Burke has the most famous voice you've never heard of. The Australian expat first moved to Japan in the 1990s, hoping ...