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Mud, rain, loincloths: All about Japan’s 200-year-old harvest wrestling ritual “Mud, rain, and loincloths: Japan’s 200-year-old harvest wrestling ritual” refers to a traditional festival centered around mud sumo, a Shinto-linked agricultural ceremony held in rural Japan to pray for a good harvest. The ritual is most famously associated with Isogami Shrine in Sasebo. More than

Japan has announced the revision of its Basic Plan for Food under the larger Basic Law for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas, a change which will impact the country’s food and agriculture trade for the next two decades. Major themes in Japan’s new Basic Law for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas Ensuring food security Establishing

Universal Entertainment Corporation of Japan (UEC) posted a 30% loss in net revenue for fiscal 2024. Factors include a drop in VIP play at its Manila integrated resort and a decline in gaming machine sales at home. The pachinko and casino operator, based in Tokyo, Japan, reported a net loss of $102.8 million (JPY15.6 billion/£82.5 million/€99

President Joe Biden greets attendees at the United Steelworkers union headquarters following his address in Pittsburgh as part of a three-day trip across Pennsylvania in April and has the final say of a proposed merger between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel. File Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI | License Photo Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Japan-based Nippon

Tour Stops Include Taipei, Bangkok, New York and Los Angeles Followed by Arena Tour in Japan WEBWIRE – Tuesday, December 24, 2024 JO1, Japans rising boy group sensation formed through the hit show Produce 101 Japan, announces their first-ever global tour, presented by Live Nation. Managed by LAPONE ENTERTAINMENTa collaboration between Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ

Kishida was visiting the Saikazaki port in Wakayama prefecture to cheer his ruling party's candidate in a local election...