(The next installment of this series will be published on January 8, 2025.) Japanese original (Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun) Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun ...

Ken’s return and quick departure caused a fracture within Eiko and Harry’s relationship that is still present when he returns, as lovelorn as ever, to Japan ... are made about Ken’s actual ...

Many a movie has been made about the cultural differences between the East and the West. From action epics like The Last Samurai to contemplative dramas like The Farewell and ... s relationship that ...

The Yakuza follows Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum), a retired police detective, who is hired to travel to Tokyo to save an old friend’s daughter from her Japanese ... are made about Ken’s ...

Officers were told a man was allegedly driving a Hyundai SUV when he attempted to remove the owner of the car, a 37-year-old woman passenger, with the samurai sword. It is alleged the man ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Japanese motorcyclist was killed early New Year’s Day in a two-vehicle collision involving a U.S. Marine, according to Japanese police. The 22-year-old Marine from ...

A tourist from Japan has shared her honest review after travelling in India and claimed that the "loud environment" here was so overwhelming that she broke down crying. The tourist claimed that ...

The Chinese navy and the China Coast Guard (CCG) in December jointly carried out activities similar to a naval blockade in the Miyako Strait located between the main island of Okinawa and Miyako ...

NEW YORK — Back home in Japan this week, coveted star pitcher ... and each New York team has made a strong pitch. In the coming days, Sasaki will likely be “narrowing the field’’ of ...

ISHIGAKI, Okinawa — Coffee beans on Ishigaki Island ... produces domestic coffee beans, a rarity for Japan, and is making various improvements to its product. Harvesting will continue through February ...

And even though the Lexus LS400 proved Toyota knew how to do luxury, many in Japanese society had already recognized this fact. Back in 1968, Toyota began selling a car made for the most ...