A new book chronicles the tense negotiations that secured the return of nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by the Japanese ...

Standing in my meticulously designed apartment after two weeks in Tokyo, I felt like an archaeologist discovering artifacts from someone else's life—someone who had spent fourteen years collecting all ...

Nothing is perfect, nothing lasts and nothing is ever finished. That’s the core of wabi-sabi. And psychology suggests this Japanese philosophy may be onto something.

Journey through Japan’s Seto Inland Sea aboard a floating ryokan, where tranquil waters conceal treacherous tides and a past shaped by pirates.

Slow life simulation game Japanese Rural Life Adventure is now available for Switch and PC via Steam at a 20 percent-off launch discount price of $19.99, publisher G-MODE Corporation and developer ...

Team Mirai, a new party founded in May 2025, secured 11 seats in the lower house. The newly-elected lawmakers from Team Mirai ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, second-generation Japanese American soldiers signed up to fight for the United States in World War II even as their families were locked up in ...

Punch the baby monkey and his emotional support stuffed orangutan are real, according to the official X account ( archived) ...

If you buy into negative stereotypes about getting older, think again. You can always redefine yourself, and it's to your ...

The biggest Ebisu Life store in the world opened Friday in Orlando, bringing another Asian lifestyle company to an area where Asian lifestyle products, from beauty to blind box, are all the rage.

Some talk about feeling safer in Japan than they did back home. Others describe constant stares, exoticization, and structural barriers at work. Documentaries, blogs, and academic research all ...