Does your business commit copyright infringement when it publishes something in the Studio Ghibli style, such as a social media post promoting your business? If that’s not legal, are you ...

What are the hallmarks of a resilient, balanced, long-term happiness? Traditional Japanese wisdom offers insights.

Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...

From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

Are meme coins still just a joke—or have they become crypto’s most unexpected goldmine? In 2025, the answer is clear: meme coins aren’t just surviving; they’re thriving. From internet humor to serious ...

A mother was stunned after finding out her son’s textbook featured JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure illustrations from Hirohiko Araki.

Hopes are high on the revival of the Manila-Bicol high speed rail system, whose development was abandoned by China, as the Japanese government expressed interest in funding the feasibility study of ...

While many countries around the world have voiced their concerns and criticism, Japanese citizens have taken a slightly different approach: trolling the U.S. auto industry and making memes out of ...

Never mind that Studio Ghibli director and founder Hayao Miyazaki famously denounced AI-generated art as “ an insult to life ...

In early February, Ehime Gov Tokihiro Nakamura and about 80 local business representatives visited Chennai, one of India's major cities, to participate in commercial meetings with companies and ...

The Japanese government has launched an expert panel to study why the wildfires that broke out in recent months spread so widely. The panel, which was jointly launched by the Fire and Disaster ...