Japan has introduced new rules on the names parents can give their children with restrictions on the pronunciation of kanji characters—Chinese‐derived characters written in Japanese. Since the 1980s, ...

Stephen Hayes Dacus has been approved to be the new chief executive of the operator of 7-Eleven, the first foreigner to lead ...

Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer for the second straight game and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cleveland Guardians 7 ...

Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman sees a Hong Kong film character fight a Japanese one. Who won depended on which film version you saw.

Japanese manufacturers launched many awesome sports cars, but today, only the A80 Supra, R34 Skyline GT-R, or FD RX-7 get all ...

Mapping out next season’s Japan ski trip? Discovering Snow Country is about to blow up your itinerary in the best possible ...

Pierre Dandumont has saved a long-lost bit of Macintosh history: If you look for information about the Macintosh Plus and its ...

World at War — free Steam account. Dark atmosphere of World War II, epic battles, storming of Berlin and harsh realism.

Yet the relationship between our two countries has advanced on the ground ... I’m greeted by thousands of characters who look as if they jumped out of Japanese manga. I speak at universities ...

Although anime originates from Japan, anime characters who aren't Japanese have become some of its most cherished figures, hailing from diverse cultural backgrounds that enrich stories and ...

Don’t freak out when you try to board a flight to this southwestern Japanese prefecture and the destination on the ticket says “Hello Kitty” — you’re definitely on the right plane.