Here's a year-round guide to traditional Japanese festivals, where ancient rituals blend with local flair and unforgettable ...

I was bewildered that The Tale of Genji had such a hold on me at this particular moment: It is a wild, confounding work that many consider to be the first novel ever written, by a mysterious woman ...

With less than a month until the release of Silent Hill f, Konami has finally revealed the core English and Japanese language cast for the game. This includes the protagonist, Hinako, three of her ...

GamesCom was full of surprises for Silent Hill f fans as Konami revealed the in-game map in the most Japanese way possible.

Christianity Today interviews Yoichi Yamaguchi, director of the International Mission Center at Tokyo Christian University, on the beginnings of a Christian movement that sought to meld Shinto with ...

Considering the growing popularity of the anime industry, it's obvious why many other franchises are trying to use it to their advantage. Even many games, including Elden Ring and Metaphor: ReFantazio ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. Many people in Japan worry he could be the last. The elaborate palace rituals to formally recognize ...

The beauty of the solitary, often snow-capped, stratovolcano, known around the world as Mount Fuji, rising above villages and tree-fringed sea and lakes has long been the object of pilgrimages and ...

Heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide on the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine route in Jammu and Kashmir, injuring at least six. The yatra has been suspended, and trains to Katra cancelled. Widespread ...

Rivers overflowed, the raging waters flattening everything in their way, and boulders, trees and rocks hurtled down slopes across the Jammu region on Tuesday (August 26, 2025), killing at least 13 ...