Japanese convenience stores (Konbini) are distinctive from American convenience stores. The difference comes from the ...

According to esthetician Emma Jinn, “Japanese skincare is all about prevention, consistency, and respecting your skin. No ...

At the core of Japanese haircare is a philosophy that treats the scalp like skin. Celebrity hairstylist Sky Kim explains, ...

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

In a recent study, Consumer Reports ranked 26 car brands based on customer satisfaction. This popular company was the ...

China is using a ban on the humble mollusk, mostly harvested in Hokkaido, to punish Japan over its apparent willingness to ...

Think beyond miso soup. Whether you make your own or use dashi stock powder, this Japanese staple — made with dried kelp and ...

Heavy rain can damage roofs, so outside the entrance, amadoi gutters carry rainfall off the eaves and down the decorative kusaridoi, or “rain chain.” Shōji are lighter than fusuma, with paper affixed ...

Marumi Yamazaki, who was a midfielder throughout his professional career before retiring in 2023, posted to Instagram on January 1 to announce his transition, writing that he had “finally mustered up ...

Japanese water therapy involves drinking several glasses of room-temperature water every morning when you first wake up. Online, it’s claimed that this practice can treat a host of problems, spanning ...

Japanese people often fail to understand why neighbouring countries harbour a grudge over events that happened in the 1930s and 40s. The reason, in many cases, is that they barely learned any 20th ...

China has notified Japan that it will suspend imports of Japanese seafood, citing heightened monitoring over treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Sources related to the ...