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Abandoned baby monkey charms Tokyo zoo visitors by befriending stuffed orangutan

Punch has had some differences with the other monkeys as he has tried to communicate with them, but zookeepers say that is part of the learning process and he is steadily integrating with the troop.

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026.
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 The "family fireworks”, also known as the Country fireworks displayed three hours before midnight every year ahead of the main show at midnight, fill the sky over the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

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A burned sauna stands in the yard of a home during the Flat Fire near Sisters, Oregon, U.S. August 25, 2025.

Sauna fire in Japan kills married couple, Tokyo police probing


WATCH: Robot learns to smile after researchers successfully attach skin to his face - study

Researchers at the University of Tokyo developed a method to integrate engineered skin tissue with humanoid robots, enhancing mobility, self-healing, sensors, and realism.

 Abstract image of the study "Perforation-type anchors inspired by skin ligament for robotic face covered with living skin."

'Perfect Days': Less a movie, more like moving in with a stranger - review

The movie tells the story of a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo, one of the cleanest cities in the world.

 KOJI YAKUSHO and Arisa Nakano in ‘Perfect Days.’

Vehicle crashes into barrier near Israeli embassy in Tokyo, person arrested

Several pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been held outside Israeli embassies around the world in recent weeks, including in Tokyo, in protest against Israel.

A view of the scene after a car crashed into a barricade near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, Japan, November 16, 2023.

Israeli directed movie won two prizes at 36th Tokyo International Film Festival

The movie marks the first time an Iranian and an Israeli have co-directed a film.

 GUY NATTIV, director of ‘Tatami’, and his wife, producer/actress Jaime Ray Newman, at the Tokyo Film Festival.

A pastrami sandwich is a new star of Tokyo’s hip food scene

The flavors being served up, though distinctly Jewish and American, are not entirely strange to the Japanese palette.

 An artistic illustrative image of a sandwich sliced in half.

Places to visit during a family vacation in Japan

Check out this list of incredible sites to visit while vacationing in Japan.

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Captivating concert tour: Roi Dayan enchants Japanese audiences with his mandolin mastery


Business and pleasure: Israel and Japan sign a new visa agreement

Visa applicants must meet a number of basic requirements including a clean criminal record, having medical insurance and having a way to support themselves. 

 Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen and Japanese Foreign Minister Kenji Yamada sign the "work-holiday" visa agreement in April 2023.

Team Israel baseball players were filmmakers for new documentary about 2020 Olympic run

A documentary had followed Team Israel’s Cinderella run in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and the filmmakers wanted to make a sequel.

 TEAM ISRAEL won a silver medal this week at the European Baseball Championships in Torino, Italy, after a heartbreaking 9-4 loss to the Netherlands in the final.

Japan to start paying citizens one million yen to leave Tokyo

The financial incentives highlight the challenges that Japan is facing with its low birth rate and long life expectancy.

Rainbow Bridge at night, Tokyo, Japan