With the use of ivory becoming increasingly taboo, trading company Itochu Corp. and its partners have developed plant-based plectrums for the koto Japanese harp. The companies said the picks ...

The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...

As cinema spreads across the globe, Japan shines as one of the leading and cherished film industries, especially having earned more Academy Awards than any other nation in Asia. While it is ...

Here’s how it works. Sometimes, the search for the biggest scare possible may take you overseas and into an exploration of Japanese horror movies. There are many great Asian horror movies ...

Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs. Unlike their mass-produced ...

Itsumo nakayoshi no ofutari ga atatakai katei wo kizukareru koto wo kokoro yori negatteimasu ... I wish the two of you the very best start to your life together. Japanese style weddings take place at ...

These are “shokuhin sampuru” — the highly realistic food replicas commonly displayed in front of restaurants in Japan, intended to lure customers inside. A familiar sight in Japan ...

Another international chain has joined the restaurant graveyard. Over the weekend, Filipino bakery chain Red Ribbon Bakeshop shuttered its last Houston location, leaving ube cake lovers in the ...

An NJPW Strong Women’s title defense by Mercedes Mone headlines tonight’s Strong Style Evolved. Mone puts her title on ... I’d love to see Zane Jay as a regular in Japan. Though flashy and explosive, ...

Ninety percent of paddle-style fans, called uchiwa ... the bamboo ribs of a fan at the Marugame Uchiwa Museum in Marugame, Japan.Credit...Andrew Faulk for The New York Times Supported by By ...