The Bank of Japan amassed the largest amount of unrealized losses on record from its government bond holdings in the year ...

Japan has introduced new rules on the names parents can give their children with restrictions on the pronunciation of kanji characters—Chinese‐derived characters written in Japanese. Since the 1980s, ...

A new exhibition dedicated to Hiroshige at the British Museum introduces visitors to the full depth and complexity of his ...

Four of Japan’s biggest life insurers reported about $60 billion of combined unrealized losses on their domestic bond ...

A person walks past the One-Pillar Torii Gate at Sannō Shrine, the only gate remaining of four gates after the 1945 atomic ...

Since its 2021 reissue, Ryo Tatsuki's "The Future I Saw" has become much more than a successful Japanese comic. Depicting ...

For the new AI, researchers gathered data from an eczema tracking app called Atopiyo that is popular in Japan. More than 28,000 users have shared more than 57,000 symptom photos and personal comments ...

Bidets are trending and for good reason. Learn how they boost hygiene, reduce waste and offer a cleaner, eco-friendly alternative to toilet paper.

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the ...

Toilet paper crisis is now one the biggest retail concerns in the US. Japanese high-tech systems that could serve as toilet paper replacements are now emerging Japan has been a curve ahead in its ...

a Japanese government white paper released Friday shows. The percentage in Japan was also lower than three other countries referenced for comparison in the 2024 White Paper on Information and ...