Kyodo News

Kyodo News has been a member of Linktree for 6 years and joined in December 2019. The social media accounts linked to from Kyodo News are: • Facebook • YouTube • X • Website Besides social media accounts, kyodonews has populated their site with: • Shibuya tea shop staffed by over 70s proving age just a number • Osaka Castle reigns as top draw among foreign visitors to Japan: survey • Japan's plus-size industry holds strong despite weight stigma, rise of AI • Japan virtual idols' "human" side unveiled as VTuber boom spreads globally • Gacha gacha exhibition mirrors growing creativity in capsule toys • FEATURE: Despite legal victory, Japan's tattoo artists still face stigma • Feature articles on Japan Wire • Sister entrepreneurs bring matcha culture from Philippines back to Japan • Japan's neon-decorated trucks dazzle for New Year's disaster relief • Illustrator Eiji Mitooka has grand designs for future of sightseeing trains • Life on the edge no joke for struggling Choshi railway • Light show at disaster-preventing "underground shrine" near Tokyo previewed • Shibuya urges tourists to see beyond its iconic scramble crossing • Rising bear attacks prompt new shooting rules, but hunters dwindle • Spotlight articles on Japan Wire • Narita's holdouts fight for a future beneath the flight path • Japanese underground idol culture booming in China • Japan's unstaffed train stations getting rural revival on track • FEATURE: JR, ekiben makers seek cultural heritage status for beloved train bento • Kyodo News Plus english.kyodonews.net • IN PHOTOS: Interior of new shinkansen bullet train model N700S