Ms. Yamazaki is a documentary filmmaker. What makes Japanese people distinctively Japanese? For me, the key lies in what we are taught during our elementary school years. Children as young as 6 ...

TOKYO, Japan — Japanese tipples sake and shochu — and the knowledge and skills honed over centuries to make them — have been added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. AFP looks at how sake, ...

10 revealing facts about Japanese. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Japanese with audio.

In Japan, natural disasters occur frequently. Since the archipelago is situated along the Ring of Fire, an area where several tectonic plates meet, it is vulnerable to many natural disasters ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol attend the G20 ...

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During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide ...

On 5 December 2022, Japan lost to Croatia in the round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, failing to achieve their long-term goal of reaching the quarter-finals. Making it to the last ...

Consisting of nearly 7000 islands along the East Asian Pacific coast, Japan is a country with a rich history and important economic significance in East Asia. The country’s four main islands from ...

Japanese passport holders may soon be able to travel to China without a visa, for the first time in more than four years, as the two countries work toward mending fences after a period of tension ...