As Japan prepares to vote for the House of Councilors, right-wing politicians are challenging PM Shigeru Ishiba over immigration. They complain of rowdy tourists, shady foreign workers — and rich ...

Kyoto (Japan) (AFP) — Players line up inside Nintendo’s booth at a Japanese game fair to try upcoming Switch 2 titles, but, ...

Kyoto Animation Co. held a memorial on Friday to honor the 36 victims of the 2019 arson attack, with families renewing the ...

Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has ...

For Americans who were awaiting the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, the delay of U.S. pre-orders for the gaming console ...

Akaza Sairai premiered in Japan with midnight screenings, drawing massive crowds and trending on social media. Major cinema ...

Nanzoin Temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, famous for its 41-meter-long reclining Buddha statue, has been charging foreign ...

Mourners have gathered at the site of Kyoto Animation in western Japan to remember victims of an arson attack on the studio ...

Some 150 people including bereaved relatives and employees attended the ceremony at the former site of the studio, offering ...

QS has released the Best Student Cities 2026 ranking and four Canadian cities have appeared in the top 100. BlogTO explains that the ranking scores cities around the world according to six factors: ...

The craftsmanship of the Yamaboko floats is simply awe-inspiring. Towering as high as 25 meters, these elaborate structures ...

When Japanese writer Tsutomu Mizukami (1919–2004) was 9, he entered a Zen temple in Kyoto as a “kozo”—a novice monk who had ...