Declining birth rates see business slump heralding introduction of nurses dressed as maids, French-style clinic cafes, ...

Anime may appeal to younger demographics, but these series make references so obscure that only older fans will understand ...

On the flipside, you'll find the area's tightly packed side streets and alleyways filled with smaller eateries and colorful cafes ... is a neighborhood in Japan (part of the greater Shibuya ...

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Japanese Breakfast has shared a video for “Picture Window,” a release-day single from For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women).

Japan carried out no executions in 2023 for ... by driving into them or stabbing them in a random attack in Tokyo’s Akihabara district in 2008. Yoshihisa Furukawa was justice minister at the ...

The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan. The first one opened in Tokyo in 2019. Two more are in the works for later this year.

Walking down West Fourth Street, you’ll find many students running to class, calling friends and responding to emails — all ...

Based on the long-running manga penned by Makoto Yukimura of Planetes fame, Vinland Saga is a Norse tale told through a humanist lens. It follows Thorfinn, an Icelandic boy living in the early ...

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Spring has officially arrived, and Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, or sakura, are beginning to bloom across the country! As of March 21, 2025, the cherry blossom season is about to kick off in many ...

The Japanese garden on the Sumida ward side of the park was made using the remains of Mito Tokugawa family’s residential house from the Edo period, such as its pond. The house was destroyed in the ...