An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Japan is planning to build what it describes as a "conveyor-belt road" ...

Dakimakura or what is popularly referred to as body pillows has in the recent past become a must-have in the modern fandom.

An invasion of Taiwan by China today would face similar challenges that caused the US to drop the idea during WWII. The ...

November is just a few days away, but Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji remains snowless, marking the latest date without a snowcap ...

Hello Kitty's 50th anniversary celebrates her remarkable journey from a simple stationery design to a global icon of kawaii culture, ...

The Japanese icon, celebrating her golden jubilee, is emblematic of a global craze for child-like things that has grown in troubled times. Most have to wait until their centenary to receive ...

The festival takes the fragrance of cherry blossoms beyond music, extending it to the cultural ties between India and Japan.

A community is mourning the loss of a restaurant icon.

Straddling Japan’s Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, the 3,776-meter Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World Heritage site and an icon of Japan. It’s usually coated in snow for most of the year until ...

IF you’re bored of the current lot of iPhone emoji, there’s a way to unlock an enormous trove of new icons. All it takes is a ...

If you’re unfamiliar with the work of Kazuo Umezu, you might best know the artist for his work in creating The Drifting Classroom. The manga, first published in 1972, follows a school of students who ...

There were 10,000 unsold tickets at Yokohama Stadium, but those empty seats, contrary to what it may be tempting to think, indicated rugby and the All Blacks’ growth story in Japan. In 2013 the ...