Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

While Japanese whisky has its origins in Scotch, it is usually designed with balance in mind rather than a single dominant ...

Trump announces 10% baseline tariff Higher reciprocal tariffs on many US trading partners Global shares fall sharply, safe ...

Sweeping new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump provoked dismay, threats of countermeasures and calls ...

Regina Spektor will reissue five of her acclaimed albums on limited edition color vinyl: Begin To Hope, Far, What We Saw From ...

Howden Re has reported that risk-adjusted catastrophe reinsurance excess-of-loss (XoL) rates-on-line for Japan saw reductions ...

The unique building sits among rice paddies and asparagus fields, with Mount Furano-Nishi and the Tokachi Mountains providing ...

In Japan, policymakers and economists are paying close attention to the "oshikatsu" phenomenon as a growing driver of ...

Japanese director Soda Kazuhiro has made documentaries about fishing villages and the impact of modernisation. This time he's ...

A ring of rooms staggered around a courtyard doubles as an indoor dog run at this rental villa on Awaji Island, designed by ...

As far back as the 14th century, the lush backyard of the contemporary Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo was called Tsubakiyama, or ...

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...