From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

That may prove a bit daunting at times, so in a bid to make things easier the Japanese bike maker announced earlier in April the launch of a limited edition of the bike. Named Kiiro, which is the ...

We’ve spent 5 weeks traveling around Japan in the spring and fall seasons, and during both trips we made sure to visit Nara ...

And I can’t say I blame him – our family trip ... sit perfectly at the nexus of kawaii (“cute”, as in all the cute things you’ll find in Japan) and Japan’s video game legacy.

The worst things tourists do ... In business, Michiko says Japanese people don’t want to be direct in case they offend. They won’t say, “I don’t like this” or tell you if your ...

To a 37-year-old company employee in Tokyo, the "cute" Japanese ... Koreans from Japanese. Both Koreans and Japanese look alike physically. But when they are asked to say a particular expression ...

A new documentary film about Metallica and its fans attempts to answer the question while achieving two very different things ... movie and cheered when they saw themselves.

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"I always say you can win games in a lot of different ways, but to win championships, it's pretty standard still," Izzo said Thursday. "You've still got to be able to do things with some ...