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Discover the history of the indigenous Ryukyu people, the culture that inhabited Okinawa before it was ever even a part of Japan.

Many of you have heard about or eaten at a revolving conveyer-belt sushi - or kaiten-zushi - restaurant. What most people don't…

Year-end work parties have long been a staple of Japanese business culture. But more and more people - especially the young -…

How did Agnes Chow Ting, Hong Kong's "Goddess of Democracy," get so good at Japanese? The answer: self-study, anime, and sheer necessity.

A Japanese firm noodled on how to track down the country's top 5 ramen shops - and found a unique way to…

A Japanese professor and business leader's discriminatory remarks towards Chinese people causes a backlash - and costs his company business.

"If you refuse, we'll bad-mouth you." From inappropriate advice to demands for sex, Japanese women open up about job-seeking harassment.

Microsoft's experiment with the four-day in Japan has gained a lot of attention. But they're not the first company in Japan to…