The phenomenon of hikikomori―long-term social withdrawal―came to the fore as an issue involving young Japanese […]
Tokyo, July 18 (Jiji Press)―Hinohara Shigeaki, honorary head of St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo and […]
Japan is an ever more popular destination for tourists from Southeast Asia. No longer content with Tokyo and K […]
The humble Akoya oyster, grown in the bays of Mie Prefecture, produces the most prized gems of the sea: pearls […]
A Mandarin on an Aluminum Can Wordplay is not always welcomed openly in Japan. Make a weak, but harmless pun―o […]
Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)―The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s cabinet plunged 15.2 […]
New York, July 13 (Jiji Press)―A Japanese restaurant bearing the name of legendary actor Mifune Toshirō opened […]
Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, July 7 (Jiji Press)―A rare letter that Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–98) […]
Japanese shōgi prodigy Fujii Sōta (right) and yokozuna Hakuhō lock hands at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in […]
Tokyo, July 13 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology said Thursday it has created the first guid […]
