Though their meticulously crafted battle armor and elaborate helmets shaped into utterly frightening countenances could fill ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

Dr. Takamine, who was born into a samurai family in Japan in 1854 and moved to the United States at the urging of his American wife, was far from the first to use koji mold. Various types of koji ...

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.