Kyu-Karuizawa, once a key gateway between Kyoto and Edo, blends mountain scenery with relaxed shopping streets and quiet cafes. Shopping streets and green spaces sit close together, encouraging a ...

Sakamoto Days Season 2 was officially announced at Jump Festa ‘26 with a new teaser and visual The upcoming JCC academy arc features returning fan-favorites like Shin, Nagumo, and Shishiba A ...

B級グルメ (B-kyu gurume) literally means “B rank food”. It refers to cuisines that are popular with the masses, made with less ‘fancy’ ingredients. They are often quickly and easily served and eaten. Most ...

On August 12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara, claiming 520 lives - the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history. Discover how a preventable failure became a ...

The final picture taken on board shows oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling FOUR decades on, the doomed Japan Airlines Flight 123 crash remains one of the world’s worst aviation disasters of all time ...

FOUR decades on, the doomed Japan Airlines Flight 123 crash remains one of the world’s worst aviation disasters of all time. Haunting final pictures show the jet just moments before it crashed because ...

On August 12, 1985, JAL flight 123 traveling from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Osaka crashed midflight, resulting in the death of 520 passengers and employees. Forty years later, on August 12, 2025, 238 ...

The Kyu-Shirataki Station on Hokkaido island finally closed in 2016. In an era of efficiency and cost-cutting, Japan once set a remarkable example of compassion and commitment through the ...

Model Kim Jin-kyung and soccer player Kim Seung-kyu shared the sadness of being a long-distance couple. On the 11th, a new video titled 'First Anniversary in Tokyo: Long-Distance Couple's First ...

Actress Yukiko Kashiwagi, who lost her husband, well-known singer Kyu Sakamoto, in a Japan Airlines passenger plane crash on Aug. 12, 1985, told The Yomiuri Shimbun that she has been focusing on ...

Tragedy generally hits hardest close to home, where the places and locations in question can trigger grief and trauma long after the initial event has slipped queasily into the past. Which might ...

On August 12, 1985, the crash of a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 in central Japan resulted in 520 fatalities. It was Japan’s deadliest air accident, as well as the deadliest air disaster in history ...