Professor Kenichi Yano of Ritsumeikan University emphasized the discovery's unique significance: ...

The starting point for origami, the art of folding paper, is the Japanese culture but as this became a complex form of art its influence and popularity grew worldwide.

Inside Sydney's Paramount House Hotel, Paramart transforms a quiet lobby corner into a nostalgic-meets-futuristic mini mart, ...

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Across Asia, the calendar of regional sports competitions has expanded into a year-round circuit of movement, sound, and spectacle. Fans now follow events the way travelers follow monsoon patterns, ...

Gashapon are hugely popular in Japan among people of all ages. Many have become collectors’ items. Rows of gashapon vending ...

A new location of the Izakaya-inspired concept Uchibā is opening soon in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood of Charlotte, N.C.

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The directors of this year’s best animated feature hopefuls talk inspiration, originality and why emotional truth comes ...

As an air sign ruled by Mercury, the planet of travel and learning, you love vacation destinations that feel complex and ...

IKIGAI Corporation, a Japan-originated multi-sector enterprise, today announced the opening of its new headquarters at 87–97 ...

Japan is deploying AI to hunt down online pirates who upload illegal copies of manga and anime, stepping up against overseas ...