Hirokazu Kore-eda wrote and directed Asura, a Japanese drama on Netflix, released on January 9, 2025, and this unique program ...

Join us as we explore a classic Japanese cafe, a Kisaten, known for offering the best breakfast in Tokyo! Discover amazing ...

A popular Japanese dating app has introduced a feature allowing it to verify users' marital status through government records ...

The ethereal Anabuki Arena Kagawa transforms a landfill site into a public space that people are free to move in and around ...

The Great World War is really the 1914 to 1945 Russo-German War, embedded in a wider state of conflict that might be called The Great Imperial War.

The controversial Tokyo shrine’s wide stone path, normally reserved for quiet prayers and camera-clicking tourists, ...

Megumu Gomi, left, and his wife, Megumi, pose outside D-13, a cafe they founded in an old flat house used as service member ...

Some cutting boards are forever classics, like those from Boos Block. Certain others have been, at one time or another, ...

Join National Geographic photographer Jonathan Irish on a journey through Tokyo, Japan, capturing the city's vibrant food ...

The best places to stay, eat, shop and visit across the country, according to Japanese artists, designers and chefs.

Feline-friendly public policies are another reason Japan stands out. Local governments and volunteers implement trap-neuter-return programs and organize community efforts to ensure cats are safe, ...

Six Japanese food professionals — including four acclaimed chefs — took on what seemed to all of them like a near-impossible ...