The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the new Japanese passports featuring significantly ...

What I found most fascinating is how pictograms vividly reflect social change, with their forms evolving dramatically over time,’ he adds. ‘This exhibition traces the history of visual communication – ...

Following a series of damning allegations, the VTuber agency VShojo has officially announced that they are shutting down.

ENHYPEN have announced that their fourth Japanese-language single, ‘YOI,’ will arrive on September 12 via UMe.

It was around this time last year that the stock market had a nasty swoon, when a U.S. growth scare helped trigger a big surge in the Japanese yen versus the dollar. It was believed that buying of big ...

Japanese firms, after decades of deflation, are finding a rare moment that allows them to raise prices without triggering the ...

Nishijinori, the intricate weaving for kimonos that dates back more than a thousand years in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto ...

The right-wing populist party Sanseito made big strides in parliamentary elections in Japan, capitalizing on concerns about the economy, immigration and overtourism.

Japanese manga artist Ryo Tatsuki's 1999 prediction of a disaster on July 5, 2025, gains attention after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunami.

Nishijinori, the intricate weaving technique for kimonos that dates back more than a thousand years in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, is getting a high-tech collaborator: artificial intelligence.

Fime Digital My Number Card suite is part of the broader Fime Digital Identity Japan initiative to advance secure and scalable mobile eID adoption.