Robert Takata is unlike any of his predecessors. The 48-year-old is the first Japanese-Dominican to be appointed as the ...

Vitus Stenhøj Schiøtz from Denmark was overwhelmed in Tokyo but found a home away from home in a ski resort where he can ...

The number of Myanmar nationals residing in Japan has surged since the Southeast Asian country’s military took power four ...

Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the shrines (jinja) to the gates (torii). But what I was interested in finding out ...

According to Shizu Okusa, the founder of wellness brand Apothékary, one of the most compelling aspects of Japan’s culture is how well-being is woven into the fabric of everyday life. “The Great ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

Kanye West continues to shun America in favor of a new life in Japan with wife Bianca Censori, and he’s looking into the practicalities of making it his full-time base and formally throwing the towel ...

A political comeback following a scandal of this kind in Japan is exceptionally rare. The only other governor since the war to return to office following a no-confidence motion was Yasuo Tanaka ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...

A new life-sized Pokemon plush is coming out in Japan, and it's bound to terrify anyone who runs into it at night.

Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive shared two exciting developments today. First, it has officially received a G-1 ...