Global media’s obsession with sensationalising Japan into its eccentric, often stereotyped image is reductive. The ...

On January 23, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae dissolved the Diet and called for a Lower House election on February 8.

O n January 25th tearful crowds bade farewell to Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, twin pandas at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo. Some 110,000 people ...

Newly elected Fukui Gov Takato Ishida caused a stir with a video on social media during campaigning in which he said Japan is "ethnically homogeneous," leading him to clarify the intent of his ...

The northernmost island of the country captivates with its imposing nature, a unique culinary culture, and delightful hot ...

Newly elected Fukui Gov. Takato Ishida caused a stir with a video on social media during campaigning in which he said Japan ...

An eccentric and artist, Arnold Henry Savage Landor won his way into the late 19th-century courts of east Asia by painting royal portraits. He traveled through India with two Persian cats, surveyed in ...

Lying between China's northeastern Taiwan island and Japan's southwestern Kyushu are the Ryukyu Islands, an arc-shaped archipelago in the western Pacific. Once known as the "Bridge of Ten Thousand ...

Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Executive Order 9066 was issued — the culmination of fomenting anti-Asian sentiment — and President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the removal of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit another record high in 2025, ...

Epic Games is not going to bring Fortnite to iOS in Japan as promised because of the fees imposed by Apple's new App Store rules, ‌Epic Games‌ CEO Tim Sweeney said on social media. Sweeney complained ...

Apple announced it will allow alternative app stores in Japan and will permit developers to process payments for digital goods and services outside of its own in-app purchase system in iOS. The iPhone ...