The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American ...

The colorful blooms of azaleas light up public spaces and private gardens.

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, ...

Square Enix will hold Trials of Mana The Stage theater show which features all of the game's six main characters in Tokyo and ...

Unlike the picture book above, the "Book of the Dead" is real. Grandma Aggie gives Marnie a small stone with a symbol on it that reminds Marnie of Egyptian hieroglyphics. In particular ...

On most Japanese keyboards, one key switches between Roman characters and Japanese characters. Sometimes, each mode (Roman and Japanese) may even have its own key, in order to prevent ambiguity when ...

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 ...

The story of Twitter’s blue checkmarks--a simple verification system that’s come to be viewed as an elite status symbol--began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began tak ...

It is usually a serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan’s famously efficient bullet train. But one recent journey quickly descended into a zombie apocalypse, with ...

What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...

A former village in central Japan that was hit by a powerful earthquake 20 years ago is continuing to stage traditional bullfights as a symbol of the region's reconstruction. "I hope this ...