Haikyu!!, Look Back, and Gundam SEED Freedom vie for Animation of the Year at Japan Academy Awards, celebrating the best of ...

For me, the 7-Eleven experience in Tokyo summarizes the intelligence of urban planning and a culture of mutual respect.

Iggy Pop, Bad Religion and three founding members of the Sex Pistols are slated to headline PUNKSPRING when the highly anticipated Japanese music festival returns in March. With a lineup packed ...

Japanese citizen Gump Suzuki has spent six months pulling his rickshaw on foot from the East Coast of Africa to Cape Town, South Africa, in a remarkable feat of endurance and cultural exchange.

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

Top Japanese sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu scoffed when he first saw Asics Corp.'s spikeless track shoes, featuring a honeycombed carbon fiber outer sole, eschewing metal spikes. “Did you really ...

More than a thousand lawyers and legal experts issued an emergency declaration on June 8 urging the government to quickly pass legislation to end discrimination against sexual minorities.

Until only a few decades ago, there were no strict guidelines regarding food labels and allergies in Japan. In many cases, it was assumed that common sense directed food choices (given that you knew ...

Editor's Note: The story below originally ran in November, after Roki Sasaki's NPB team pledged to post the Japanese star pitcher. Sasaki announced Friday he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.