If you're looking to get more organized in the new year, a planner is a good place to start, and Japanese planners might have caught your eye. Once you start looking into paper planners, it won't take ...

Japan’s JAPEX has struck a deal to buy shale oil and gas asset owner Verdad Resources Intermediate Holdings for $1.3 billion, Reuters has reported, adding the company will finance the deal with a ...

Launched in 2002, the Hobonichi Techo is the planner of all planners. Its one-page-per-day format appeals to those who like ...

Beijing is using a ban on the humble mollusk to punish Japan over its apparent willingness to defend Taiwan. Hokkaido scallops, harvested from cold, nutrient-rich waters, are prized for their buttery ...

Conveniently located in the centre of western Japan’s Kansai region, Nara has long been a popular day-trip destination for tourists staying in Osaka and Kyoto, which are both less than an hour away ...

Understanding anime can be hard, especially for audiences who missed Toonami’s golden era. There’s a lot of jargon to ...

These five Japanese learning techniques will help you memorise and retain concepts for a longer period of time. Read on to ...

Scientists working for government breed biological control agents in lab to take on species choking native wildlife Crayfish, weevils and fungi are being released into the environment in order to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The number of Japanese births this year is on track to fall short of even the government’s most pessimistic ...

Hong Kong’s lacrosse chief has said he was optimistic about the team’s prospects after bringing in a coach who could take the development of the sport to the “next level”. Well-respected Japanese ...

Schab was a 21-year-old navy musician aboard USS Dobbin when Japan carried out surprise attack in 1941 A second world war veteran who was among the last survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl ...