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Good stories and artistic talent know no boundaries, and those captivated by exceptional cinematic experiences often look past subtitles. As cinema spreads across the globe, Japan shines as one of the ...

While February’s grand planetary parade might be behind us, March will still afford good opportunities to see many of the parade’s participants—especially Mercury. The solar system’s ...

Japan takes a very different approach to resume writing than what we might be used to back home. There are two major hiring seasons in Japan: early spring and late summer. However, it is never too ...

From her TriBeCa shop, Saori Kawano has spent decades supplying chefs with knives and housewares, and teaching Americans about the precise pleasures of the cuisine. Since Saori Kawano moved to New ...

Emoji date back to 1999 when they first appeared on Japanese cell phones. But it’s history goes further than that, because before there were emoji, there were emoticons. Emoticons were the ...

A mum has detailed the terrifying moment her four-month-old son started convulsing after he contracted a rare Japanese mosquito virus during a family camping trip. On January 26, Australia Day, Bec ...