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, ...
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'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 ...

In hometown of Japan's 'Iron Lady', supporters stress a softer side

The anecdote is one of several shared by Takaichi's hometown friends and supporters that render a softer side to the hardline conservative, who cites Margaret Thatcher, a divisive figure in British ...
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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, ...

Toyoake’s smartphone curfew: Why one Japanese city is limiting screen time to two hours

A new ordinance in Toyoake, Japan, seeks to cut daily screen time, but the plan has divided residents and sparked a debate about government overreach.

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 ...