Renee Marant is a college student living in Japan, something she dreamed of from a young age. She says living in Japan feels safer and is more convenient than living in America, where she's from. But ...

Even though I am Japanese ethnically and by citizenship, I never felt deeply connected to my Japanese heritage while growing ...

Many people dream about leaving the place where they were born or currently live and pursuing a life abroad. Usually, such dreams involve not some random country, but one that seemingly calls to a ...

I’m an American living in Japan, where careful infection-control precautions meant deaths from all causes declined in 2020 for the first time in more than a decade — during the global pandemic, and ...

Three foreign-born men now living in Japan have filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government over racial profiling. Each of the men claims to have been targeted by police because of his race, ...

When Jigyan Kumar Thapa, a Nepalese man living in Kanagawa Prefecture, was riding a train, a stranger told him, ...

Savvy Tokyo's resident "Love in Japan" columnist, Hilary Keyes, answers anonymous questions from readers on everything from dating in Japan to women's health issues. Dear Hilary — I am getting older ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 27, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The world's population may have recently exceeded eight billion, but it's a deceptive ...

A New Zealand man living in Japan has revealed the moment his arm was ‘snapped off’ in a gruesome bear attack.