A Japanese anime professor, explores how its narratives intertwine with cultural, philosophical and religious traditions.

Set in a mysterious Japanese bathhouse filled with “kami,” 10-year-old Chihiro, once shy and afraid of change, learns to navigate this hidden world and transforms along the way. A key moment in the ...

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Thirty-one-year-old Miharu Yanai remembers the days when she felt overwhelmed by guilt from the tragic death of her father ... a cameraman for Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK).

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday. The payout represents ...

We call on the Japanese government to remain committed to steadfast diplomacy that returns to the spirit of the Pyongyang Declaration.

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded 1.4 million USD in compensation, an official said on March 25, 2025. The payout ...

Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.

According to his legal team of Hakamada Iwao, once the world's longest-serving death row inmate, the amount of compensation is the largest of its kind in Japan. The district court decided on ...

Japan will provide up to about 13.7 billion yen ($90 million) in loans for a hydropower plant project in Bhutan as part of efforts to deepen ties with the landlocked nation sandwiched between India ...

Police in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, have re-arrested a 21-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of parental neglect resulting in the death of her six-month-old daughter in January. According to ...