I moved from the US to Japan six years ago. I've found a better quality of life in Tokyo and couldn't be happier with my ...

After seven days of exploring, here’s what she wishes she’d known beforehand — and what she learned along the way. Expect to ...

Here are some of the biggest things foreigners often get wrong about Japanese culture.

The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money ...

The scene where the missiles were fired instantly reminded fans of Ichiro Itano. Itano is a highly regarded animator-director. He had a special way of depicting aerial fights, which got popularized as ...

Situated on the boundary of Shinjuku’s Memory Lane — a narrow alleyway of shabby but charming food stalls — Tajimaya Coffee House stands as evidence of Tokyo’s enduring kissaten culture. Kissaten ...

My friend’s church has initiated a novel Lenten practice, which is to write a letter every day in Lent and mail it: 40 ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

The Library of Congress in D.C. hosting annual commemoration of Japan’s 1912 gift of 3,020 cherry trees to the U.S.

A Japanese university student has gone viral for being the sole member out of 35 primary school pupils to remember the “time capsule” they buried eight years ago, igniting a wave of sympathetic ...

The Kansai area will never experience a major earthquake.” That was how many people felt before the Great Hanshin-Awaji ...

Election letters deadline: March 25 is the deadline to submit letters to the editor about the April 1 election. Here is this week’s letter to the editor of the Oshkosh Northwestern. See our ...