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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 26, 2023

Nobuhiro Tamura: 'Those who need spirituality will find it themselves'

A fan of 1990s hip-hop and electronic music, former Buddhist monk Nobuhiro Tamura has opened a bar on Mount Koya to talk to people about good tunes, spirituality and whatever else they like.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2023

U.S. soldier facing disciplinary action slips across inter-Korean border into North Korea

An American soldier facing disciplinary action at home “willfully and without authorization' fled Tuesday into North Korea, where he was apparently taken into custody.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 24, 2023

Airbnb’s newest venture is in Japan’s most hidden village

Airbnb has partnered with one rural family to offer two lucky guests a free two-night stay in their traditional thatch-roofed home.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2023

Despite crackdown, Iran protesters still challenging regime

Although street activity has dwindled in the face of a brutal crackdown, protesters are still challenging the Islamic regime four months into their movement, observers say.
Japan Times
Finland report 2023
Jan 18, 2023

Evondos: The Nordic market leader in pharmacotherapy technology

Taking the correct medicine at the prescribed dose at the right time is a challenge for many people. The solution? A user-friendly medicine-dispensing robot from Evondos, one of Finland’s fastest-growing health tech innovators.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.