On the windswept coasts of Hokkaido, a language once thought to be vanishing is echoing back into life. The story of Ainu, ...

Conservative lawmakers decry a change of the surname rule in the Civil Code as an attack on traditional values and tie it to ...

From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these ...

This national park known as the "Playground of the Gods" in Japan is a outdoor-loving travelers paradise with gorgeous ...

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday expressed strong disapproval over an incident in CV Raman Nagar here in which an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer allegedly assaulted a local resident ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.

the country's postwar Constitution defined an emperor as "the symbol of the state and the unity of the people of Japan" in separating the emperor from the government. His son, former Emperor ...

TOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- A total of 76,020 people died alone in their homes in Japan in 2024, with 76.4 percent aged 65 or older, according to data released by the National Police Agency on Friday.

The Japanese trio expertly craft the narrative of this mythological ... a musician who has worked tirelessly to preserve the age-old musical traditions of the Ainu people. [4/5] ‘Halu Shanta’: As we ...

Authorities in Japan’s Nagano prefecture are on high alert after a bear attacked three people in Iyama, leaving two seriously injured. The animal entered residential properties, broke through ...