US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth emphasized Japan's role as an essential ally in countering Chinese military aggression. He ...

A "great bathing" event to clean one of the largest bronze statues of Kobo Daishi in Japan was held at Imayama Daishi temple in the city of Nobeoka, M Full article Participants head for Pyongyang ...

Waqoo Shitaderamachi isn’t in the prettiest location in Osaka, but it’s relatively well-situated. It’s located in Osaka’s ...

Does it deserve its reputation? On the ground, the fashion landscape is changing. Japan’s luxury fashion market has remained largely robust despite a wider downturn, though Japanese tourists are ...

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The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

Tommy Edman and his wife Kristen enjoyed a memorable Tokyo trip, indulging in Japanese culture, iconic snacks ... Further, Kristen shared the iconic snacks from Japan’s 7/11, that featured matcha ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed a lot of new information about the system yesterday, and one of the tidbits you may have noticed is that Japan is getting a Japanese-language only version of ...