The Yomiuri Shimbun featured Hiroko Osaki, a tech-savvy elderly woman who lived alone in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. When Osaki died ...

Our 18th edition of the annual list features leading philanthropists who have made significant contributions and demonstrated commitment to causes they cherish over the past year.

Even the best movies have scenes in them that completely take you out movie and ruin at least a small of it for the viewer.

Parallel universes are all the rage in pop culture these days, with the Marvel Cinematic Universe embracing the concept fully ...

OKAYA, Japan — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the ...

Burdened with household chores and outdated notions about work, Japanese women get the least amount of sleep among 33 countries surveyed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

No matter the occasion, Japanese women tend to adopt a high-pitched voice in public or when speaking on the telephone. The same can be said of actresses in movies as well as news anchors in Japan.

The inclusion of women plays an important role in the survival of the Japanese sake industry, which has seen a steady decline ...

The inclusion of women plays an important role in the survival of the Japanese sake industry, which has seen a steady decline since its peak in the 1970s. Domestic alcoholic consumption has ...