It's not even a public holiday in Japan, but Christmas is big business. How did it become such a popular occasion?

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But a quick sampling of Richard Nathan's new book, "Kaleidoscope Japan: A nation through the lens of literature" hints at a very different approach. With chapter names such as "Grim Tales ...

Under the "Book Santa" project, such volunteers will bring books, purchased as donations at bookstores across the country ...

The book, titled "Blue Book of Japanese Economy: Annual Report on Japanese Economy and Sino-Japanese Economic and Trade ...

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Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japanese cultural anthropologist Junzo Kawada, a recipient of the Order of Culture, died of ...

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People staged gatherings across Japan on Dec. 13 to decry discrimination against women in the wake of a writer's reference to ...