I spent a year teaching English in Japan. The experience was thrilling and a total culture shock. Living in Japan as an American is a 24-hour immersive learning experience. I returned to the US for my ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) is sharing the latest updates on Tokyo’s culture, technology, city initiatives, and ...

Japan's new prime minister has vowed to "work, work, work," even on two hours of sleep. Critics warn her stance could revive toxic overtime culture and reverse progress on reducing deaths from ...

On January 29, three foreign-born Japanese residents filed a lawsuit against the Japanese, Tokyo, and Aichi governments, alleging racial profiling. They sought 3.3 million yen (around $22,000) in ...

Only 800 could crowd into the great public hall in Tokyo where the lottery took place last week, but 28,000 on the outside were waiting to hear the results. The lottery was no ordinary one, and its ...

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Tokyo Taxi review: veteran director Yoji Yamada's adaptation of Driving Madeleine is an overwrought but expertly controlled melodrama elevated by Chieko Baisho's powerhouse performance as an elderly ...

Faced with the most elderly population in the world, Japan is applying its technological know-how to coping with the problems that arise from this social phenomenon, particularly in the area of ...

For many, a smart city begins with technology. In Japan, it starts with a person. In local lore “customer is god,” and the customers of any city are its people. In the Japanese sense, being smart when ...

HONG KONG — This royal wedding was an untypically understated affair. When Princess Mako of Japan, Emperor Naruhito’s niece and the daughter of his younger brother, Crown Prince Fumihito, wed in Tokyo ...

Sake is delicious yet deadly. On first taste it’s subtle and sophisticated. It tiptoes about the palate. It arrives politely and even bows. Then, before too long, it kicks you off your feet. For while ...