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Only 1 in 100 international travelers visits Saitama, something this new project, with free in-English help over the phone or Internet, wants to change.
A man in his 70s and a woman in her 30s were found dead in a hotel room in Saitama city on Saturday, in what police believe might have been a joint suicide. According to police, the man and woman checked into the hotel in Omiya Ward on Friday, but…
SAITAMA Japan continued to operate its rail network even after Emperor Hirohito for the first time addressed his subjects through radio at noon on Aug. 15, 1945, to announce the nation’s surrender in World War II, documents show.
The Saitama District Court has handed a 20-year prison sentence to an unemployed man who holed himself up in an internet cafe, taking a female employee hostage last June. According to the court ruling on Wednesday, Kazutaka Hayashi, who was unemployed, lured the employee into a private room at the…