No More Than Two Hours of Screen Time a Day, Japanese City Tells its Residents

While not enforced, the city of Toyoake is encouraging residents to limit their screen time to less than two hours, ...

'Time runs away': Japan's city with a two-hour cap on phone use

Police won't be rounding up people glued to phones in Japan's Toyoake, but the mayor believes his two-hour limit can help ...

World record for most people decorating gingerbread houses set in Japanese city

A project in a western Japanese city has set a world record for the "most people decorating gingerbread houses simultaneously ...
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Japanese students spend week visiting ‘sister city’ Waukegan; ‘We want to … open their eyes to the world’

Yura Inoue, a middle school student from Miyazaki, Japan, spent Thursday morning at Robert Abbott Middle School in Waukegan. Part of the time was in a math class. Despite limited knowledge of English, ...

Marquette receives gift from Sister City of Higashiomi, Japan

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - The Marquette Area Sister Cities Partnership (MASCP) delegation brought a gift back from Higashiomi ...

Japan Has a New Leader, and She’s a Heavy Metal Drummer

Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead ...