Japanese asset managers, including the units of Mizuho and Nomura, are rushing to launch bond funds to meet soaring interest ...

Hidden deep in Japan’s mountains lies a ghost town—a decaying temple village abandoned after tragedy and whispers of the occult. This location is said to be the inspiration for Silent Hill F. The ...

The Zoho co-founder's video of sprinting for a Japanese train in traditional attire has gone viral, drawing praise for his simplicity and cultural pride while also sparking criticism from some social ...

TOKYO -- It seemed oddly lonely. In late September 2025, this Mainichi Shimbun reporter visited a park at a housing complex ...

ASHEVILLE - After 46 years living in Japan, Tomoo Takenaga has brought the flavors of his country to the U.S., opening a food truck in Western North Carolina. In June, Nara Japanese Kitchen, named ...

This Japanese family of five lives inside a beautifully designed 57sqm open-air home in Tokyo that completely redefines small ...

A headless torso found floating off Yokohama late last year was identified as that of a 45-year-old Chinese woman who lived in Tokyo, police said Tuesday. Police said that someone dismembered the body ...

Something unusual is happening across large swaths of the world. Maternity wards are quieter than they’ve ever been. Villages ...

On July 7, 1976, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York enrolled female cadets for the first time in the ...

Football fever is at its peak right now thanks to a little thing called the World Cup, and The Pokémon Company is making it ...

Joe Hisaishi got famous writing the soundtracks to Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli films. Now he is focusing on his first love ...

Police in Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture, have arrested a 49-year-old woman on suspicion of assault after she sewed together the upper and lower lips of a 42-year-old woman with whom she lived.