Halloween in Japan: Make up, dress up — and hook up?
Halloween has become one of the coolest days on the calendar, and it's less about sweets for kids than it is an occasion for grown-ups to deck themselves out in costumes for all-night reveling.
Lowering expectations in Japanese with 'tada' and 'tatta'
Introducing two expressions — ただ and たった — that are used for emphasis.
New Japan residence status planned for foreign blue-collar workers
The Justice Ministry has announced the gist of draft revisions to laws including the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act to create two new types of visa.
Revitalization runs like a current through Onomichi
Onomichi has become a full-blown destination in its own right, largely thanks to the Shimanami Kaido bicycle trail.
The Akinada Tobishima Kaido: An alternative route across the Seto Inland Sea
Banking on the riverside alleyways of Komagata
Summer's over, it's time for more home activities — gaming, movies, music, even practicing sports in the yard. Here's a few gadgets to help you enjoy your "me-time."
Dealing with disaster in Japan
Listen to the sound of new technology
Stay fresh and ahead of the game
Autumn is the season for shinmai, newly harvested rice
Shinmai — rice harvested and processed during the current calendar year — is celebrated for its fresh, clean taste and subtle sweetness. But komai (old rice) also has its place in Japanese history and the kitchen.
Iyaiya Sanbai: At the contemporary edge of izakaya
PST Roppongi: Pizza Studio Tamaki's natural evolution
10 years procuring for Japan's fine wine market
Rock, luxury and retro pastries abound at Michalak Omotesando
Italy's first sushi chef on risk, reward and personal sacrifice
Jailhouse Coffee: Organic roasts 'to have fun with'
Ninety elephant carcasses have been discovered in Botswana with their tusks hacked off, a charity said Tuesday, in what is believed to be one of Africa's worst mass poaching sprees. Most of the animals killed were large bulls carrying heavy tusks, Elephants Without Borders said. The ...
Elbe 'hunger stones' tell tale of Czechs' centuries-long struggle with drought
U.N.'s December climate talks in Poland adds an extra day to get more work done
Bangkok climate conference sounds alarm ahead of U.N. summit
'Staggering' crisis: Global food waste could rise by a third by 2030, study warns
Australia waters down commitment to climate accord amid domestic political fight
Orca back to feeding and frolicking after carrying dead calf
Designart Tokyo 2018 looks beyond 2021
Designart, Tokyo's annual festival encompassing all creative genres, is a cornucopia of design-related presentations and exhibitions within galleries, shops and event spaces. Celebrating its second iteration at a larger scale this year, the festival has its eyes set on the future: beyond 2021 to ...
Tokyo's fashion week can be for the fans
Good Design Awards go beyond industrial design
The artisans helping preserve the luster of Kishu lacquerware
Beijing showcases China's design potential
Retro Japan makes another comeback
The steady pace of mainstream fashion
In a move that will create a 10-day Golden Week holiday period in 2019, the government plans to designate May 1, when the new Emperor is planned to ascend the throne, as a one-off holiday.
Counting the ways to talk about numbers in Japanese
Know your 'wake de wa nai' from your 'wake ni wa ikanai' in Japanese
Murakami says writing is what he can do for disaster victims
Nothing is left undone with the plethora of negative prefixes in Japanese
Impress with your powers of prediction in Japanese by using 'yappari'
Take your kids to an art class and let their imaginations run wild.
Can Japan become a 'fitness nation'? Aya thinks so
Free the kids from the concrete jungle
Ensuring Tokyo Bay is fit for swimming ahead of the 2020 Olympics
'Housekeeping legend' Shima Tassin's advice: When in Japan, do as the French do
Lexus: A driving force for the 'experiential' store?
Passion for interconnections merge with social initiatives
Playfully known as "Salon de Melanie," dinners at Australian consultant Melanie Brock's house are sought-after affairs.
Building a career in toy design, brick by brick
Multifaceted determination in ongoing push for progress
In art, there are no rules, only new challenges
Junko Naito: Living and working a la mode
Global adventure spans over 20 years and counting
Hitomi Hosono: Seeing it all in blue and white
