A Crust-averse Nation Many Japanese people enjoy eating fluffy, soft, and chewy white milk bread, known as 食パン shokupan, baked into square loaves. Whether it's in delicious egg...
The animated movie has exceeded expectations, drawing a young crowd and repeat viewers to big-screen cinemas. Here's a look behind the scenes of its success.
Raising the quality of the matches will benefit the commercial value of sumo. The sport's attractiveness in turn can lead to the revitalization of Japan.
In practice the IWC has already abandoned the management of whale resources and whaling, and the Western worldview caused this situation.
“The statues have nothing to do with peace," explained South Korean scholar Lee Wooyoun, "and erecting them makes the bilateral problem worse and worse."
Japan’s self-sacrificing mothers are one of its unsung strengths. They are also what makes Japan a role-model for the global Pro-Life movement.
Tokyo has many shopping areas devoted to specific product areas, such as Akihabara and Harajuku. Nippori Fabric Town is less well known but well worth a...
Not the whaling moratorium, but the defense and promotion of the general principle of sustainable use is the important policy issue for many countries.
A steep mountain with deep ravines surrounded by green trees gives birth to a river of life and a faith of gratitude that has resisted the...
How much glucose is helpful before a competition and when should you take it to improve brain function? A new study takes on the challenge of...
Shinzo Abe leaves behind a rich legacy of policy, quiet, effective leadership, and a “normalizing” Japan that has left the traumas of the 20th century behind.
Ukiyo-e paintings often feature women with red undergarments peeking out of sleeves and hems, and the dye derives from safflowers in Yamagata Prefecture.