Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design. C.J. Sinner is the Director of Graphics and Data Visuals at the Star ...

Nearly 85% of the votes cast — 285 of 336 — on the referendum in the 9th precinct of the 47th ward voted “No” in Tuesday’s general election on the question of whether to keep the ...

In a heated discussion over the old Third Police Precinct building, the Minneapolis City Council supported turning the site into a voting and cultural center. The Third Precinct building renamed ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a heavy rain warning for Wajima early Jan. 3. It called on residents in the Noto Peninsula to remain vigilant against landslides, rockfalls and other ...

An exhibition featuring a traditional bridal item from the Hokuriku region is being held in Tokyo to support the quake-hit Noto area in central Japan. The item, called "hanayome noren," or bride's ...

UCHINADA, Ishikawa Prefecture--Homes across the Noto Peninsula and beyond were damaged ... a town in Ishikawa Prefecture that faces the Sea of Japan, was heavily impacted. A 65-year-old woman ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

As cinema spreads across the globe, Japan shines as one of the leading and cherished film industries, especially having earned more Academy Awards than any other nation in Asia. While it is ...

Japanese knotweed is a fast-growing and strong clump-forming perennial, with tall, dense annual stems. Stem growth is renewed each year from the stout, deeply-penetrating Rhizomes are creeping swollen ...

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