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How 2015's Yakuza 0, dated in Japan's 1980s, highlights the successes - and excesses - of the country's Bubble Economy before it…

How did the written Japanese language assume its current form? We look at the language's earliest written forms - Chinese kanji and…

How Saigo Takamori led 30,000 samurai in the Satsuma Rebellion - a final, doomed mission against the modern government he helped create.

Author Murakami Haruki asked members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult what made them devote themselves to the group. Here are their answers.

How Japanese sake went from being a sacred drink reserved for the gods to a versatile beverage enjoyed for its own sake…

As Japan's summers get hotter, women are becoming increasingly vocal about a male fashion faux pas that many of them wish would…

I look at the history of Abe Shinzo's reign - including his first failed term of office - and consider whether Abe…

While some herald them as a step forward in gender equality, other experts say that Japan's "herbivore men" are still stuck in…