Thousands not only participate in hanami – the Japanese word for flower viewing – but attend the Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival ... are treasured – and draw upwards of 1.5 million ...

What are the best events? How do we get there? What should we do with kids? Where can we see cherry blossoms besides the ...

A stoppage-time Hana Takahashi penalty rescued a 1-1 draw for Riko Ueki’s Japan in their home friendly against Manuela Paví’s Colombia early on Sunday morning. The two teams had previously faced off ...

Cherry blossoms along the street are at their best and are attracting crowds of people. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children.

TOKYO -- The Japanese Grand Prix kicked off Friday in Suzuka, Mie prefecture, with the Formula One racing event attracting more attendees thanks to the influx of international tourists.

Jacobs and his Calgary-based team defeated Japan’s Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 7-3 in the first round-robin draw at the Temple Gardens Centre. “We were riding the hot hand and really riding the energy ...

A new trend is taking over social media. Users use Chat GPT Pro to render selfies, portraits, memes — whatever — in the style of Hayao Miyazaki, the artistic genius behind movies like “Spirited Away” ...

TOKYO -- Stocks in companies aggressively pursuing merger and acquisitions are rising on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, as investors see the deals rapidly lifting their earnings. Game arcade operator ...

But they have not come to see a celebrity or an exclusive exhibition. What they want are Japanese visas. With most of Europe having banned direct flights with Russia, and Japan offering free visas ...

Emma Raducanu will face Japan's Sayaka Ishii in the first round ... while a favourable draw keeps the British No 2 away from big names until a potential round-of-16 clash against fourth-seed ...

SUZUKA, Japan -- Perfection ... Teammates have simply not been able to match him. An easy, and perhaps overly simplistic, way of explaining Red Bull's car design philosophy might be this: If ...