Macroeconomic indicators – stocks, bonds, debt levels, real estate, unemployment – show that China's downturn is following ...

Nights out drinking can often end badly. But in Japan, they have a habit of going spectacularly wrong for government ...

Only 12.5 percent of people in Japan plan to give chocolates to colleagues for Valentine's Day, as the culture of obligatory ...

Miike Takashi and producer Misako Saka on women in Japanese film industry, 'cheap' horror budgets and not being 'conscious' of audiences.

Cute and slim’ Japanese eating phenomenon who recently took time out to recover from ‘mental illness’ set to quit, spend life ...

On 11 March, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, ...

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

MANILA, Philippines — The Japanese Embassy in Manila said Tuesday, February 4, that it will strive to process visa applications submitted by travel agencies within five working days, even as it ...

An 81-year-old Japanese woman, Akiyo, commits crimes intentionally to avoid loneliness and receive stable living conditions ...

The joys and struggles of the bygone days of the Westside’s Japanese plantation workers are celebrated with a new five-song ...

A Jewish kosher trip to Japan has never been easier with the emergence of kosher-friendly luxury hotels and gourmet kosher dining and options for Shabbat observance.

Female students at the University of Yamanashi concerned about their future working styles have been interacting with people raising ... job hunting and marriage." (Japanese original by Akane ...