Cozy up with a warm cuppa as we savor the soothing flavors of these anime featuring cafés, cute characters, and a bit of ...

Japan broaches ‘one-theater’ concept to U.S. for Indo-Pacific Kamakura steps up guards as tourists to anime site increase Protests erupt over sale of CD with nude photos of singer Yashiro ...

A Chinese man convicted of fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen, southern China, in September has been executed, a diplomatic source said Monday. Zhong Changchun was sentenced ...

Located in East Asia, Japan is a top 20 country in the world in terms of population. Japan has the third-largest economy by nominal gross domestic product and the fourth-largest economy by ...

Japan stopped using the MMR vaccine seven years ago - virtually the only developed nation to turn its back on the jab. Government health chiefs claim a four-year experiment with it has had serious ...

Spring has officially arrived, and Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, or sakura, are beginning to bloom across the country! As of April 17, 2025, the cherry blossom season has kicked off in much of ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Sunday a plan to upgrade the U.S. military command in Japan, a country he described as indispensable in combating Chinese aggression. "We share a ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth met with the ...

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer? As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote ...

Two Japanese men have filed a lawsuit in the United States seeking compensation for sexual abuse committed by Johnny Kitagawa, the late founder of the talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc.

Depression education in Japan seems to be lacking. I’ll have Japanese friends and colleagues talk about their depression in terms of the physical and lack of motivation stemming from work or failure ...