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

The event is stirring memories of an exhibition in 1970, when the postwar Japanese economy was taking off and “you could have dreams about the future.” The event is stirring memories of an ...

A Japanese bus driver with 29 years of service ... According to the Mainichi newspaper, in February 2022, the 58-year-old driver pocketed a 1,000-yen bill received from a passenger instead of ...

A Japanese university student has gone viral for being the sole member out of 35 primary school pupils to remember the “time capsule” they buried eight years ago, igniting a wave of ...

Osaka will become the first region in Japan to ban people aged 65 and above from using ATMs while on mobile phones. The move is aimed at curbing phone-based fraud that targets the elderly ...

"My daily life follows the old Japanese way of life seikō-udoku, 'working in the fields when it's sunny and reading when it rains'… If I am asked to preserve rare cherry blossoms, I respond by ...

If you're looking for the most reliable option, that also has the benefit of being a practical and versatile SUV, there's one compelling Japanese option that excels at ticking all the boxes ...

But this isn't just any ordinary cherry blossom tree grove; it's also the domain of 97-year-old Tōemon Sano: Japan's most renowned sakuramori (cherry blossom guardian). For more than a millennium ...

Image: Pakutaso However, being a picturesque place means lots of people coming to take pictures, and Otaru, like many of Japan’s most popular tourism ... So to address the problem, Otaru has decided ...

After more than a decade in the shadows, the Ninja Gaiden series returns with not one but three releases this year: the surprise remaster of Ninja Gaiden 2 Black that’s already out, this fall ...

(Photo courtesy of Bosai Kyoiku Suishin Kyokai) KURE, Hiroshima -- A 10-year-old boy in this western Japan city received the "family disaster preparedness special award" for fiscal 2024 in a ...