Lawmakers in Japan are often seen in suits. While there is no clearly stated dress code in the Diet, some rules exist as a ...

In the annual event, parishioners of a local Shinto shrine in formal Japanese hakama attire burst out in hearty laughter to express their gratitude to the gods for the year's harvest and hope for a ...

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

For a long while, there was an industry in Japan called Nihonjin-ron: a multimillion-dollar traffic in theories of the Japanese national character. The Japanese of the 1960's and 70's discovered to ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...

Here’s how we test products and why you should trust us. Until recently, that bottle of Japanese whisky you paid a premium for might not actually contain whisky made in Japan. Producers could ...

The land of Japow beckons, so here's how to make the most of your next ski trip to Japan. Skiing in Japan is synonymous with bottomless powder, delicious food, hot springs, and full immersion in a ...

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By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo The steady course of the Japanese economy and business environment that has helped attract a torrent of investment in the past two years could be undercut ...

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and ...

Adviser Hiroshi Inoue, professor emeritus at Kansai University, speaks at the 30th anniversary conference of the Japan Society for Laughter and Humor Studies in Suita, Osaka Prefecture ...