American cook and food writer Jody Eddy’s friendship with Shinobu Namae, the chef behind three-Michelin-star Tokyo restaurant L’Effervescence, was ultimately what gained her access to the ...

Kyoto, Japan - January 10, 2025 Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2025, shows Kinkaku-ji, or the Golden Pavilion temple, dusted with snow in the western Japan city of Kyoto.

Japan already has many proprietary corporate use AI platforms but nothing in the field of an open, large scale AI chatbot. Ishiba said, "We need to create a basic plan....." Way behind the curve ...

Japan's annual ritual of "mame-maki," or bean-throwing, at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and homes sees people marking "setsubun," the last day of the winter in the Japanese lunar calendar.

United Japan Pro Wrestling is now an officially incorporated organization. Formed in late 2023, the UJPW is an association of wrestling promotions in Japan that include NJPW, NOAH, Stardom ...

Honda and Nissan will unveil an outline of their business integration around mid-February, informed sources said Friday. The two Japanese automakers delayed the announcement on the outline ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru plans to use his upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump to avoid economic frictions and build cooperative ties for the national interests of both ...

A 14th-century Buddhist statue that Korea’s Supreme Court ruled should be returned to the Japanese temple that held it before it was smuggled into Korea will be sent to Japan in May. The Gilt ...

Japan will draw up a basic plan underpinning the development and use of artificial intelligence by addressing security concerns, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday, after the rise of ...

At her funeral, her grieving parents draped her coffin with the garment, which, as was customary, was donated to the temple along with her other personal belongings. A monk later sold the kimono to ...

This is not your ordinary hotel. Not long ago, this centuries-old temple, resting serenely in Japan’s ancient capital, was showing its age. Its devotees have been growing older and dwindling in ...