Japanese language, a language isolate (i.e., a language unrelated to any other language) and one of the world’s major languages, with more than 127 million speakers in the early 21st century. It is primarily spoken throughout the Japanese archipelago; there are also some 1.5 million Japanese immigrants and their descendants...
A team of experts investigating alleged sexual abuse by late musical mogul Johnny Kitagawa delivered a scathing report Tuesday, urging Johnny’s & Associates President Julie Keiko Fujishima to step down after the family-run business left the issue unaddressed for decades.[...]
Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples are dotted around Japan—but how are they different?...
Japanese style clothing worn at festivals, ceremonies, rituals and cultural activities.
From well-preserved merchant districts to quaint fishing villages, take a trip back in time with these charming traditional Japanese towns.
HIKONE, Shiga -- Fifty years have passed since boy-shaped signs began their traffic safety vigil over roadsides in west Japan, and the tourist association in its birthplace has opened a special website to commemorate the 2D boy's birthday.
Hanetsuki (Japanese: 羽根突き or 羽子突き) is a Japanese traditional game, similar to racket games like badminton but without a net, played with a rectangular wooden paddle called a hagoita and a brightly coloured shuttlecock, called a hane. Often played by girls at the New Year, the game can be played by any gender in...
Education ministry officials say long working hours is one of the factors behind the rise.
Carriers ANA and JAL set to introduce cargo jets, expect market growth
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese animation art director Nizo Yamamoto, renowned for his background illustrations for numerous Studio Ghibli and other films,
DJ Soda, who has more than 5 million Instagram followers, took to social media platforms to slam the unidentified individuals involved.
A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.
For many decades, Japan had an inhumane forced sterilization law on the books. Much information on the infamous program remains censored.
Fish-farming method seen as healthy and environmentally friendly poised to expand
A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.
In this month's Spotlight article, we're looking back at the life of Toshiro Mifune, the man widely regarded as Japan's greatest ever actor.
Many people in Japan depend on the NERV service for earthquake alerts. Unfortunately, they'll no longer be able to receive them on X.
Specialty shops that stock troves of literature, comics, and art in zine format have been holding specialist events for fans in recent years.
MAEBASHI -- The city government here will try a flextime system allowing employees to have three days off a week as part of its work-style reforms, it
Tokyo, Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)--Strong Typhoon No. 7 approached Japan's Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, with the Japan Meteorological Agency warning of storms, high waves, and heavy rain....
The following is a translation of the Pledge for Peace delivered by atomic bomb survivor representative Takeko Kudo on the 78th anniversary of the Aug. 9, 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
JRPG or RPG didn't matter when creativity was at the forefront of the industry.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average life expectancy of Japanese people declined in 2022 for the second straight year, affected significantly by the coronavir
The PlatinumGames exec addresses recent criticism of the term, which has been accused of being discriminatory…
