The Japan Family Planning Association reported in 2024 that roughly half of all marriages in Japan are sexless. Participants ...

Instruments of a Beating Heart” follows a group of first graders in Japan who form an orchestra to play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” as part of a welcoming ceremony for the incoming class of 6-year-olds.

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Children who come to Japan by the age of 17 often obtain a family visa, according to the ISA. As of the end of last year, there were approximately 266,000 people, including adults, with this status.

Finally, many subway stations in Japan will also have maps showing a list of stations and the train cars to get into for the quickest access to an escalator or elevator. This can be a huge help to ...

From kid-friendly cruise ships to romantic adventurous escapes, here are the best Valentine's Day destinations around the ...

Experience Japan’s sakura season with unique sakura foods, drinks, and cocktails. Don’t miss these seasonal treats that ...

so we reverted to the Starbucks opposite to escape an unexpected downpour with iced chai lattes (my kids’ new obsession) and read stories of Yokai, the monsters who’ve inhabited Japanese ...

(We’re embracing the restaurant experience.) Why aren’t there many Japanese people here? (To my kids, a Japanese person is only someone dressed in a kimono.) Ben Groundwater and family in ...

It is what inspired businesswoman Fuyuka Tsuruda, managing director of Freed Co, to launch a tailor-made service to provide extensive support to Japanese parents trying to help their kids thrive in ...