Tear-jerking commercial features a famous actor and actress in the lead roles of star-crossed lovers.
Japan (Page 694)
Some people may want to abolish school uniforms, but others are strongly in favor of them.
What happens when an Iron Chef contestant opens his own ramen restaurant? He creates a new kind of cuisine: ramen kaiseki.
Two otters travel across the ocean to search for “He-John” in this funny and heartwarming video.
Japan is known for its amazing delivery services, but behind the scenes there’s a lot of stress in keeping up the high standard.
Japan’s biggest kabuki star becomes Kylo Ren, and here’s how you can watch the performance yourself.
The Nara Hotel offers royal-class hospitality, but right now you won’t have to pay a king’s ransom to experience it.
Once strictly for the suburbs, Sushiro lets fans in Tokyo’s otaku district enjoy tasty sushi and still have plenty of cash left over for anime merch.
In cooking or in advertising, breast meat always carries a premium.
Workers are said to be participating in the government’s Technical Intern Training Program.
One of Tokyo’s neighbors may become the first place in Japan to enact punishment for hate speech.
In a country where asking for, and even offering, help can be culturally difficult, these kindhearted badges aim to make a difference.
The man behind the Internet’s giant Starbucks mug meme drinks from a jumbo mug inside a jumbo mug.
A glut of GIFs chronicle our reporter’s journey as he makes himself look weird in an effort to also make himself look handsome.
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