There are many manga hits and classics, but only a handful reach the level of becoming masterpieces. Inoue Takehiko’s Slam Dunk is widely acknowledged as being one of them. It continues to gain ...

Keiō University Professor Emeritus Watanabe Shigeru and colleagues won the Ig Nobel Prize in psychology in 1995 for showing that birds can distinguish between different styles of paintings.

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government annual report on Friday underlined the importance of strengthening food security for fishery products amid growing risks triggered by Russia's ...

While the Tokugawa shogunate held power in Japan in the Edo period (1603–1868), there were hundreds of domains with a degree of regional autonomy. Here we list the leading domains by economic scale.

Japan’s World Baseball Classic-winning skipper Hideki Kuriyama revealed Friday that advice from high school and corporate team managers was part of his recipe for success at the tournament in March.

Japan is renowned for its industrial craftsmanship, a reputation built by the nation’s army of small and medium-sized manufacturers. However, more and more companies are in dire straits as ...

A ground-breaking ceremony was held on Friday in Tokyo to mark the start of construction for a new train line connecting Tokyo Station and the capital’s Haneda airport that will begin service ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will start producing electric vehicles in its factory in the U.S. state of Kentucky from 2025 and will invest an additional $2.1 billion in battery production.

Japan’s annual tax revenue likely hit a record high for the third straight year in fiscal 2022 and may have reached the 70 trillion yen ($500 billion) mark for the first time, government data ...

The fisherman god Ebisu, music goddess Benzaiten, and warrior god Bishamonten are among Japan’s Seven Gods of Fortune, which personify good luck. The deities have diverse origins in Shintō ...

A survey of 10,000 women in Japan found that many did not have great expectations of announced government measures to tackle the decline in births. As the number of births in Japan continues to ...

Paris Saint-Germain will return to Japan this summer for a preseason tour featuring exhibition matches in Osaka and Tokyo, the French top-flight side announced Friday. The summer friendlies will ...