Foreign investors flocked to Japanese equities last year, purchasing the most since 2013 as they sought refuge from US ...

Japanese convenience stores (Konbini) are distinctive from American convenience stores. The difference comes from the ...

Convenience stores aren't the first things that come to mind when considering international cuisine, but Japan's take on ...

According to esthetician Emma Jinn, “Japanese skin care is all about prevention, consistency, and respecting your skin. No ...

At the core of Japanese haircare is a philosophy that treats the scalp like skin. Celebrity hairstylist Sky Kim explains, ...

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

Heavy rain can damage roofs, so outside the entrance, amadoi gutters carry rainfall off the eaves and down the decorative kusaridoi, or “rain chain.” Shōji are lighter than fusuma, with paper affixed ...

For Beijing, scallops have served as a diplomatic pressure point. For Japan’s allies, consuming them is portrayed as an act ...

Around the world, Japanese people are seen as kind, quiet, and above all, polite. While that’s true in many cases, especially when it comes to being served by those working in the customer service ...

Japanese water therapy involves drinking several glasses of room-temperature water every morning when you first wake up. Online, it’s claimed that this practice can treat a host of problems, spanning ...

In a recent study, Consumer Reports ranked 26 car brands based on customer satisfaction. This popular company was the ...

Japanese people often fail to understand why neighbouring countries harbour a grudge over events that happened in the 1930s and 40s. The reason, in many cases, is that they barely learned any 20th ...