“Notes From Underground” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. When I was younger, I read many of Dostoevsky’s works, but this book was a ...

My heritage is my power,” reflects WTA star Naomi Osaka, offering a touching nod to the identity that fuels her brilliance.

Written by Syou Ishida and translated from the Japanese by E ... to pitching the idea as a TV sitcom about a kooky, Black, and biracial family that she hopes will finally net her the sort of ...

It’s been a challenging summer for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ... Despite his political lineage, with his father Herman De Croo being Belgium’s longest-serving parliamentarian and a ...

That is the question that Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann investigates in “The Nail That Sticks Out: Reflections on the Postwar Japanese Canadian Community” (Dundurn Press), a memoir exploring the ...

Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces.

The trip gave the impression that Japan’s relations with China were on the mend. Iwaya indicated that Japan would be open to ...

“And when he did ‘The Japanese Office,’ I remember being a little bit rankled.” He added, “It didn’t feel right to me in some way. It didn’t like, I don’t know, it didn’t like ...

Back in December 2018 I got a message from a viewer asking if I'd be interested in making a video about being a Muslim in Japan. I said yes, and after more than a year, here's what life is like ...

We should watch to see if one of these coming titles ends up being the next Shōgun. (Originally published in Japanese. Banner photo: Anna Sawai, who won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ...

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) viewed during sea-trials off the coast of Southern California, Nov. 6, 2024. Credit: U.S. Marine ...