Baseball in Japan, according to Yasuko Tanahara, starts and ends with a bow. It’s meant as a measure of respect, but it can ...

Most Americans picture Japan as a land of flash and expense - gleaming bullet trains, $20 bowls of ramen, sky-high Tokyo ...

SHIBUSHI, Japan — Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan — more from seniors than babies — but a recycling breakthrough has given them a new lease of life, one hot mess ...

Japan cherry blossom hanami costs rise as food prices jump and budgets shrink, even as foreign tourists and a weak yen push ...

The son of two-time Olympic freestyle skier John Smart has died after he was buried in an avalanche while skiing in Japan. Kai Smart, 23, succumbed to the injuries that he suffered in the natural ...

Today, the upcoming TV anime Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, based on the award-winning manga A Witch’s Life in Mongol, unveiled its first main PV. The video also features the characters’ voices for ...

The sequel to the streamer's 2024 live-action adaptation is now shooting, with Misato Morita and Fumino Kimura also returning for the second feature treatment of one of Japan's most iconic manga ...

Kai Smart, a 23-year-old freeskier and aspiring filmmaker, has died from injuries sustained in an avalanche in Japan, his father announced Monday. John Smart, a two-time Olympic skier, shared the news ...

The new Drum Tao show coming to the Poway Center for the Performing Arts in two shows on Sunday is dubbed “The Best” because ...

Duane Mann, a 91-year-old war veteran, made it his quest in life to seek out the woman, Yamaguchi, he fell in love with in Japan 70 years ago. After being sent back to Iowa the pair lost touch, but ...

Kai Smart died after being in a coma following an avalanche in Japan ...

Global inflation is taking a bite out of the country's iconic "hanami" cherry blossom picnics, with an index tracking food ...