Culture

Would You Live in a ‘Jiko Bukken’? Over Half in Japan Say Yes – If the Price Is Right

While such properties have long been stigmatized, attitudes may be changing as the cost of everything rises.

The library, reopened to fanfare in 2022, continues to bring in more visitors every year than people who live in the prefecture.

If you have one of these cards and don't want to lose the balance - and the card - then you have only a few days left to use it.

Japan gets less sleep than any other nation. But the country's workaholic Prime Minister doesn't seem to care.

Demons out, luck in! How the festival of Setsubun evolved into a tradition enjoyed by kids across Japan every year.

It's traditionally been expected that women in Japan will sacrifice their careers for their husbands. That might be changing.

It's beginning to look a lot less like Christmas in Japan. Here's why many say this year they'll be tuning out of the holiday.

Experts say "oshi-katsu" and this age-old religious trend have helped fuel the rise of character dolls dangling from bags and backpacks.

Tourists aren't the only ones causing ire in Japan: incidents of badly behaved railway photographers are on the rise.