Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to subsidize up to 100,000 yen (about $640) for the cost of painless delivery, which uses anest･･･ ...

Travellers are spoilt for choice in Japan — whether a first-timer to the country or a repeat visitor, try these alternative ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya ...

Minoru Kunizawa a.k.a. Shūsaku Niki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor best known for his work in the pink film genre. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Tarō Araki ...

Incumbent Koike Yuriko wins the Tokyo gubernatorial election on July ... factor in Saitō Motohiko’s reelection as governor of Hyōgo Prefecture on November 17 after he resigned following ...

Olson Gross was an exchange student in Japan, and Tanaka Johnson grew up in Japan’s Hyōgo prefecture before moving to Minnesota in 1992 with her St. Paul-native mother.

The signing of MoUs between UP government and Yamanashi Prefecture highlights a key milestone ... The Nishikasai area in Tokyo has become known as "mini-India," with over 40,000 Indians now ...

Dictionary publisher Sanseidō chose gengoka as its word of the year for 2024. This makes the noun gengo (“language”) into a verb, meaning to take vague thoughts and feelings and express them ...