Japan’s quirkiest museums are not limited to urban hubs ... Since at least the Edo period (1603-1868), non-venomous white snakes with red eyes — albino Japanese rat snakes — have thrived in the ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A street in the red light district of Japan’s Osaka has been painted in yellow and decorated with murals to curb prostitution. The Kita Ward ...

From January, Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special bullet trains that have diagnosed faults on the country's high-speed shinkansen lines in some form for around 60 years ...

This month, Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special bullet trains that have diagnosed faults on the country's high-speed shinkansen lines in some form for around 60 years ...

Two "Doctor Yellow" track-testing bullet trains are displayed at JR Central's Hamamatsu Workshop in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in October 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- From January ...

The fact that Murakami, one of the premier players in Japan, is wearing a Dodgers hat is a testament to the work L.A. has done over the last year. The Dodgers signed Japanese superstar Shohei ...

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

Text description provided by the architects. Yellow House is situated in a sloped area that is surrounded by a lot of big trees scattered all over the site. The house consists of two main parts.

As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made ...

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Omiwa Jinja is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan. Walking through the complex, you can see earlier forms of Shintoism, including the lack of a main prayer hall, a standard characteristic of ...