Even Tokyo has its calm spots and hidden gems. We’ve scoured the city to bring you this list of locations for your walks and picnics that...
A powerful story emerges as the Nikkei 225 index rises above 30,000. It can be summarized as “Japan is back.”
Minister in charge Taro Kono, stressed the need to "work flexibly" to help the 1,719 local governments carry out the vaccine rollout, which aims to immunize...
Japan's main benchmark share index has reached its highest level in more than three decades. Investors are expecting Japan to ride the wave of post-covid recovery,...
Aftershocks as strong as magnitude 7 have hit the North East Japan region following the February 13 earthquake. The region is on alert as cleanup and...
Modernizing the 1,000 year history of hina ningyo, Kyugetsu crafts dolls that reflect the mood of that year. What did they create to represent this year,...
Is Moon Jae In having second thoughts about South Korea’s dismissive approach to international agreements, human rights and the sovereign rights of other states?
YouTuber Yogetsu Akasaka who is based in Tokyo. The Japanese Zen Buddhist monk has released several digital-music-inspired installations of sutras and mantras.
As the world is caught up fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, China is sliding in, pressing out its borders and using its neighbors’ territory as bargaining chips...
“Ignoring these fake claims is the same as defiling the name of our ancestors who built the prosperity of our hometown. We wouldn’t be able to...
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Committee meets on February 12 after hundreds of volunteers quit, and thousands call the host city government to denounce Yoshiro Mori’s comment.
Despite endless cases of mistaken identity, there are some key differences between plum and cherry blossoms—most notably, smell.