A facility serving as a cafeteria and supermarket is supporting the livelihoods of people affected by a powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan two years ago. Sumika ...

I’m a huge enthusiast when it comes to independent animation. Whether it’s stop-motion animation like Takahide Hori’s Junk Head or one-man masterpieces like Shingo Tamagawa’s Puparia and Kenji ...

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As the Seiko Watch Corporation repositions itself as a luxury player, the world is becoming increasingly familiar with its high-end Grand Seiko line. Many of these pieces have become hype products ...

Catholic missionaries first began spreading Christianity to Japan in the 1500s. However, in the late 1500s and early 1600s, political tensions and fear prompted Japan’s shogunate to expel missionaries ...

Sayaka Yamamoto is wrapped in barbed wire in the intense new music video for her second solo single, "Toge," a guitar-heavy rock number that she wrote herself. By Billboard Japan Sayaka Yamamoto ...