The country’s objects and ideas, including matcha and emojis, that have had an outsize influence on the world.

Convenience stores, ice and whisky first came as U.S. imports. Then, they were reinvented.

Say goodbye to clunky phrasebooks and overpriced translation services. These Vital Translate earbuds do all the talking for ...

The people’s princess Ayo Edebiri will co-star ... Mart with a screenplay from the book’s author, Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast, but he stepped away from the project amid the Hollywood ...

Demand for Asian cuisine in the UK seems to know no bounds. Retailers including Oseyo and Longdan are embarking on ambitious ...

Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of ...

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

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 ...

A Japanese man who demanded that a security guard at the Expo 2025 Osaka kneel has sparked public outrage over customer harassment. Video footage of a security guard kneeling and bowing before a ...