A joint research team from Korea and Japan has completed the first full genome sequencing of ancient dogs from the Korean ...

Listings of heavily worn indoor school shoes allegedly used by graduating girls in Japan have sparked outrage online, with ...

Picture this: you step off a train that arrived within 20 seconds of its scheduled time, grab a freshly made egg sandwich ...

The Edo-Tokyo Museum, Mon Takanawa and Nonlecture books/arts all feature exhibitions worth exploring this spring.

Beppu, Japan is home to more hot springs than anywhere else in the world. This video explores how the city became synonymous ...

Fans of such sales say trades are just like regular collecting, critics worry that practice may be akin to child sexual abuse ...

The Japanese proverb “If you are in a hurry, go the long way around” offers a timeless lesson on patience, planning and ...

Japanese animator Studio Ghibli has been awarded Spain's 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities for ...

Parents say the insistence on Mandarin in schools is eroding the country’s language and culture right from early childhood ...

Paavo Jarvi, a world-renowned conductor from Estonia set to receive a Japanese government honor, has condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a recent written interview with Jiji Press. Calling the R ...

What happens to more than 1 million social recluses in the world’s fastest-ageing society when the last person who cared for them is gone?

A Joseon-era ceramic vase taken to Japan during the colonial period and later sold at a record price overseas is set to be ...