For illustrator and fiber artist Tomoko Kubo, the hiragana lettering system sparked a playful, ongoing series of embroideries ...

A statue of the dog character Gyoza-ken Jubee, dressed in a gyoza dumpling costume, was unveiled at JR Utsunomiya Station in ...

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

Are you looking for unique Japanese boy names? Check out this compilation of over 200 names inspired by factors like nature, ...

As part of the celebrations of our 125th anniversary, we welcomed past exchange students from China, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand to be panelists at an international symposium. The theme ...

Studying Japanese doesn’t have to be overwhelming, expensive or time-consuming. With free apps to jumpstart your Japanese ...

At the Alliance Literature Festival in Bengaluru, the winner of the Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prize (2020-2021) ...

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...

People might blame Hollywood for failing to adapt Dragon Ball and others into live-action but the Japanese entertainment industry have proved they can't either.

And hopefully, we’ll get that experience again in October.” From opening day at the Tokyo Dome to a welcome dinner full of surprises, here’s how the Cubs spent their time in Japan.

A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system was unleashing heavy snow and strong winds across much of Japan, stretching from northern to western regions, with central Tokyo expected to see up to 1 ...

According to various sources, including linguistic experts and language databases, here are some of the languages with the most words: Korean With over 1,000,000 words in common use, Korean has the ...