People around the nation seem to be ... whom an Asahi Shimbun reporter interviewed at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, said she stopped wearing a mask on May 8 when the status of the novel ...

In late March, members of Japan's Kurdish community gathered at a park just outside Tokyo to celebrate "Newroz," or "New Day," a festival marking the start of spring and the Middle Eastern ethnic ...

Kazunari Onishi, an associate professor at St. Luke’s International University in Tokyo ... every household in Japan by the central government. Given that non-woven masks and dust masks ...

A government-appointed panel, composed of volcanologists and disaster preparedness experts, has now issued a set of ...

The bar was mostly empty, but Aaliyah was playing, so I passed the bartender some yen, and after he mixed my drink he ...

The global obsession with K-beauty shows no signs of slowing down. What began as a cult fascination with cushion foundations ...

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A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...

Imagine an automated delivery vehicle rushing to complete a grocery drop-off while you are hurrying to meet friends for a ...

In Japan, policymakers and economists are paying close attention to the "oshikatsu" phenomenon as a growing driver of ...

Here are some of the biggest things foreigners often get wrong about Japanese culture.