Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Matcha mania strains Japan’ Marc Filippino Good morning ...

Beautiful’ woman has first child at 16, goes on to have five more ‘handsome’ sons who scoff 3kg of chicken nuggets at one ...

Some of you may curse the day that you – or perhaps more likely, your partner – heard of Marie Kondo. Ever since her ...

Tadashi Yanai champions the U.S. market as vital for Uniqlo’s growth, but remains deeply concerned about rising American ...

An ultra marathon runner savagely attacked by a bear in the woods has spoken out about how he survived his terrifying ...

They creak, they breathe, they freeze you in winter and they’re heartbreakingly beautiful. The Kyoto machiya is Japan’s living museum piece, equal parts poetry and punishment. A home that remembers ...

A Kiwi living in Japan had his arm broken and calf muscles punctured when he was attacked by a bear in the foothills of Myoko ...

Here are five rules which people reportedly follow on the Japanese island of Okinawa, which is said to have one of the ...

After opening in downtown South Bend 12 years ago, Woochi Japanese Fusion & Bar has given sushi and martinis a home in the ...

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

The best anti-war movies of all time, like Come and See and All Quiet on the Western Front, show the senseless cruelty of war ...