Hand-drawn illustration is fashion's newest obsession, and Ema Gaspar's plant characters are bringing a human touch to an ...

After Anna Yagi ’s death, online attention turned from the Marine accused of killing her to her personal history.

Learn about Kumano Nachi Taisha, a sacred mountaintop shrine at the heart of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail.

In this week’s news roundup, we report on Japan’s growing cybersecurity problem and Kenso Soai's Nobel prize triumph.

Driven by rising costs and changing consumer habits, historic Japanese sweet shops are experiencing a record wave of ...

A public investigative reward of up to ¥3 million is available for information that helps police locate him ...

Japan’s beer aisle is getting a shake-up as a major liquor tax overhaul makes regular beer cheaper and raises taxes on its lower-cost alternatives ...

Celebrating its fifth anniversary in the waterfront district of Tennoz Canal, Meet Your Art Festival (MYAF) has grown into ...

Including the return of T3 Photo Festival, a breathtaking Turner retrospective and Marie Antoinette’s treasures from the V&A ...

Rui Takahashi came out as gay on September 29, becoming one of the few openly gay men in Japanese professional sports. His announcement highlights the gap between growing LGBTQ+ inclusion efforts and ...

Miyamoto Musashi fought his first duel at 13, reportedly rarely bathed and wrote The Book of Five Rings. Here's what history ...

The murder of Anna Yagi is one more painful incident in a long history of crimes and deadly accidents involving the US ...