Bare-minimum otaku knowledge could have scored contestants US$2,000.

From 19 September, a team of six specially trained traffic cops from the Higashi, Tenma, and Minami Police Departments will be cruising major roads on their own motorized kick scooters and showing ...

Ashita no Curry promises to give you the flavor of tomorrow’s curry, today. Priced at 398 yen (US$2.70), the instant curry pouch can be prepared either by heating it in a pot of boiling water for five ...

That’s especially true in endurance events, and last Saturday at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Brazilian Caio Bonfim tapped into a unique sort of motivation that helped power him to a ...

Race walker is going home with a medal and his wedding band.

Stories in World Athletics Championships tag.

As much as we love all the glitzy, brand new stores that keep popping up around Tokyo, our heart always skips a beat when we come across a retro store that remains steadfast in the face of ...

Designed to let foreign goods in while keeping foreign ideas out, this Nagasaki neighborhood is one of the most historically significant places in Japan.

New menu items and more make for the perfect place to grab a kawaii bite after shopping in a major Tokyo department store.

Stories in Gloomy Bear tag.

Stories in guro-kawaii tag.

Although the latest Demon Slayer film has been dominating the box office in Japan for the past nine weeks in a row, one movie that came very close to dethroning it several times was the live-action ...