Hokkaido and the Japan Sea coast have been covered in thick snow during the strongest cold front hitting parts of the country in years; local flights have been cancelled and train and road connections disrupted

Clothes waste will be reduced by 25% by 2030 through recycle and reuse to address the environmental impact of emissions-heavy garment production; textile industry waste has become a major issue worldwide, with 92 million tons of carbon dioxide annually

Protesters rallied near the Niigata prefectural government building before voting took place in the prefectural assembly on a partial restart of the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's largest, closed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster

294.198 people have been learning Japanese language in Japan according to a recent government survey on 2.669 facilities, showing the need to offer more opportunities to cope with rising demand; two-thirds were foreign students, with China leading