To capture those spots before it’s too late, photographer Víctor Alonso spent a month in 2023 traveling across Japan and ...

What better way to experience Japanese cooking than to learn it yourself in the comfort of a Japanese home or studio? With ...

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

In 2023, approximately 280,000 international students came to Japan to pursue higher education, a 21% increase from 2022. Whether or not that was driven by their love for anime or the many other ...

The book, titled “My Papa’s Persimmon Tree,” was published in 2016. The story is told from the perspective ... her wanting to translate it into English. Students at a local international ...

Prolific writer Yuko Tsushima explores themes of militarization, colonialism and occupation through the identities of mixed-race orphans in postwar Japan.

Because 13 of the company’s 18 executives, comprised of the president and directors, are from outside Japan, board meetings are conducted in English. Japanese is used in domestic offices.

Explore diverse, thought-provoking stories from around the world this World Book Day with the British Council's Digital ...

Her mother was English, a model and actor, although she left when Kwan was young ... all part of my remarkable journey from Hong Kong to Hollywood and beyond. This is my story,” she writes in the ...

Keiko Hurst reached into her bag and pulled out a well-worn copy of the book “Jesus Who Is He?” She opened it to the “narrow gate” passage, Matthew 7:13-14. Words were written in English and her ...