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Does Japan Only Punish Female Celebrities for Affairs?

After news of her affair broke, actress Hirosue Ryoko became jobless overnight. Is it indicative of a sexist double standard in Japan?

What happened on the fateful night of June 21st, 1582, that caused one of Oda Nobunaga's faithful retainers to turn on him?

Were Japan's World War II-era kimonos depicting images of war a propaganda tool - or a natural outpouring of support?

Kore-eda Hirokazu is back with his first Japanese-language film in five years - a rumination on our limited perception of the lives of others.

How scammers steal tens of millions of dollars in Japan every year - and coerce desperate young people into doing their dirty work for them.

A Japanese t-shirt company and its unusual CEO are doing business differently - and the employees seem to dig it.