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 ...

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 ...

These astonishing photographs give an unprecedented glimpse inside the world of the Yakuza, the Japanese organised crime syndicates, known for their brutality, tattoos and strict code of honour ...

New Year's revelers tried to grab a fistful of fortune for 2025 at a western Japan temple's annual "fukutabae" event on Jan. 3, in which 3,000 "lucky notes" are dropped down to an eager crowd.

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, AJPW, Big ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Since long before foreign tourists were freely coming in and out of Japan, tattoos have been traditionally been seen as a mark of the more nefarious elements in Japanese society. However, don’t give ...

KIZUGAWA, Kyoto Prefecture--It may not be as well-known as Kyoto but Kizugawa is also home to loads of historical temples and sites ... the center of politics in Japan when Emperor Shomu ...