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

you leave a bit of your weight on this side, like putting up a wall and then swing with centrifugal force. 10:52 I find it quite important to bring the position of the "tanden" in line with the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

She was dressed in a cherry-red “furisode” kimono and navy blue hakama. “I spent my first ... Aiko will work at the Japanese Red Cross Society from April. A peek through the music industry ...

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 ...

To many Japanese, racism towards black people has long been considered something that happens in the US or Europe, not at home. But when the death of George Floyd in the US sparked a wave of ...

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 ...