Hand-drawn illustration is fashion's newest obsession, and Ema Gaspar's plant characters are bringing a human touch to an ...

After Anna Yagi ’s death, online attention turned from the Marine accused of killing her to her personal history.

In this week’s news roundup, we report on Japan’s growing cybersecurity problem and Kenso Soai's Nobel prize triumph.

Driven by rising costs and changing consumer habits, historic Japanese sweet shops are experiencing a record wave of ...

A public investigative reward of up to ¥3 million is available for information that helps police locate him ...

Celebrating its fifth anniversary in the waterfront district of Tennoz Canal, Meet Your Art Festival (MYAF) has grown into ...

Japan’s beer aisle is getting a shake-up as a major liquor tax overhaul makes regular beer cheaper and raises taxes on its lower-cost alternatives ...

Miyamoto Musashi fought his first duel at 13, reportedly rarely bathed and wrote The Book of Five Rings. Here's what history ...

Matsuyama Castle in Ehime Prefecture is one of only 12 castles in Japan to still possess an original tenshu (main keep) from ...

For three decades, artist Tomoko Sawada has assumed hundreds of disguises to explore what outer appearance really reveals ...

The murder of Anna Yagi is one more painful incident in a long history of crimes and deadly accidents involving the US ...

Hunter × Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi says he will decline future deadline-driven work, citing physical and mental health difficulties.