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That meant living small, with only the things absolutely necessary for life in this transient plane of existence. Next, it’s not hard to imagine this wild-looking desk as the starting point…
So you’re in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics, and between events you have some time to spare? If you’ve never been to Tokyo before, a visit to the collective’s flagship gallery, Borderless, is a mus…
Yoshio Nagasawa's World War II-era flag was returned to his family in Japan on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. TOKYO — A photo album and two flags recovered from Pacific battlefields were retur…
Advertisement“Chicken Fried Rice” is the main dish for the opening episode of season 2. Akai gets to analyzing Master’s approach to cooking, analyzing it like a game, before ordering the titular…
Japan's national sport of sumo conjures up visions of very large loincloth-clad men crashing into one another. At just over 50 pounds, Mei Kigawa may not look like a sumo wrestler, but…
TOKYO—Panasonic Corp. agreed to sell its semiconductor unit to Taiwan-based Nuvoton Technology Corp., marking a departure from the 60-year-old business. The $250 million deal is e…
That’s well-known 63-year-old rakugo comedian Shinosuke Tachikawa, a native of the city of Imizu, Toyama Prefecture. Making things even stranger is that the poster, which Meg spot…
Every city in Japan, is, of course, Japanese, but there are few that feel more so than Kyoto. That exalted status makes Kyoto one of the most visited cities in Japan, with both domestic and inte…
So when we saw this video that’s been dubbed “the anime fall in real life”, we knew it was the one for us. These two handball players ended up in an awkward position when they collided on the co…
Note Mama is ready to give liquid nourishment in exchange for a huge wad of cash. Japanese virtual YouTuber Note Takehana has the sort of anime aesthetic that’s become the norm for such performe…
