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A venerable Japanese company's latest product reputedly packs a punch. The down side? You'll have to find it first.

A grotesque "art exhibit" by a staunchly anti-Korean right-wing Japanese party has led to a harsh backlash in the country.

A small town accidentally gave a man a small fortune. What the man did next has made national headlines in Japan.

The rise of Japanese "kira kira" names with unexpected kanji readings has sparked controversy over the past few decades. Will altering the…

A massive earthquake struck northern Japan, damaging the famed statue of Date Masamune in Sendai. But Date - and Sendai - are…

A look at how abortion in Japan evolved throughout the ages, from a financial necessity to a call for the acknowledgment of…

After a fire devastated Yuki Sake Brewery, a historic Japanese cultural landmark, volunteer efforts commence to aid its revival.

There's no word quite like "yabai" in Japanese - an extremely popular slang term that can mean anything from "awful" to "risky"…