Kawara’s Ojisan Trading Card Game turns real-life older men into playable characters, connecting generations through creativity and play.

One of the world’s most populous cities, Tokyo brings together many of the elements that make Japan so popular with travelers ...

In Japan, finding a true hidden gem seems harder than ever. In recent years, the cities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka have become staples for most international tourists who visit. But the adventurous vis ...

The iconic Japanese dolls range from a couple of inches to several feet in height, and there are thousands of them at the 1,300-year-old temple, located about an hour from downtown Osaka in Minoh ...

The stars of MotoGP, motorcycle racing’s equivalent to Formula One, tend to start young – most top riders don a ...

Police in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, have arrested a 46-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 80-year-old mother at their home. Police said Yosuke Tanaka is accused of stabbing his ...

Personal background check services can be used to search publicly accessible databases to track down long-lost relatives, childhood friends, or reconnect with an old neighbor. Personal background ...

The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...

Police in Shizuoka City have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 72-year-old mother. According to police, Eiki Ozawa is accused of stabbing his mother, Hizuru Kiyoshi, in ...

While a section of people are enjoying creating Ghibli-style portraits, an old video of Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of Studio Ghibli and sometimes referred to as the Japanese Walt Disney, voicing ...

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation ... a photo of his 3-year-old ragdoll cat, Mali, into ChatGPT's new image generator tool on Wednesday. He then asked ChatGPT to ...

a 63-year-old carpenter, said. Neither Mr. Miyasaka nor his parishioners say they believe that they have actually been abandoned by a god — Japan has become far too secular for that. They don ...