Tokyo, Japan - January 30, 2025 Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co. unveils "hina" dolls of Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, table tennis player Hina Hayata ...

Japan’s core consumer inflation accelerated to 3.0% in December, the fastest annual pace in 16 months, data showed earlier on Friday, in a sign rising fuel and food prices continue to push up ...

(Mainichi/Yuki Motohashi) HAKONE, Kanagawa -- A bar where local geisha entertain customers opened in this hot spring resort town Jan. 23, offering a chance for international and Japanese tourists ...

TAKASAKI, Gunma — About 10,000 old Japanese daruma dolls were ritually burned during a memorial service for the good-luck talisman figures, which represent the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, in Takasaki, ...

A recent trip to the ski slopes of Niigata brought home the consequences of the 40 million visitors expected in Japan in 2025: The gigantic suitcases blocking my way on the shinkansen; the ...

The average salary in Japan is ¥4.60 million per year. But is this true for everyone? How do bonuses and other factors impact salaries in Japan? Are you thinking about starting a new career in Japan?

NANJO, Okinawa Prefecture--Filled with guilt for his fallen comrades in arms, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier started working as a doll craftsman following the end of World War II.

making her the first newcomer in four and a half years to finish an arduous training program aimed at reviving geisha culture. The trainee, who goes by the name Tsukiko, was born to a Japanese ...