With Emperor Akihito’s son, Crown Prince Naruhito, set to become the country’s 126th emperor, Deep Dive asks: What does it mean to be emperor, and what can we expect from ...

When it was announced that Thomas Frebel, former head of recipe development at Copenhagen's Noma (four time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award), would open his new restaurant, Inua, ...

What can we expect in Japan’s upcoming baseball season and how are some of the country’s star players faring across the Pacific in the Major Leagues? The Japan Times’ baseball ...

On the eighth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, staff writer Ryusei Takahashi shares his experience of a recent visit to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and Magda ...

What makes a quail's egg funnier than an ostrich's? Andrew McKirdy finds out with a little bit of help from professional manzai comedian Patrick Harlan. Hosted by Oscar Boyd.

On this week's episode, Japan Times staff writer Jesse Johnson discusses what the next meeting of the U.S. and North Korea might mean for Japan, and features editor Shaun McKenna ...

This week on Deep Dive, Oscar Boyd is joined by Baye McNeil and Joel Tansey to discuss Naomi Osaka's rise to the top and a recent case of whitewashing.

50 years on from the riots at the University of Tokyo, where does activism in Japan stand now?

As Japan becomes a more ethnically diverse and multicultural country, aging communities are grappling with the complexities of how to live with new, young tenants from different cultures.