Whalers are delighted by the policy shift, but many around the world have been left outraged and confused as to why Japan is so keen to continue its hunts. Staff ...

The last confirmed sighting of the Japanese wolf was in 1905, but is it really extinct? The Japan Times' Alex Martin talks to Oscar Boyd about chasing down the story.

Over 1 million people are thought to be hikikomori in Japan. Andrew McKirdy, who interviewed several recovering hikikomori, joins Oscar Boyd to discuss the issue.

In April, Hiro Iwamoto became the first blind man to sail the Pacific nonstop. In this episode, Hiro and his crew mate, Doug Smith, join Oscar Boyd to talk about ...

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This week we discuss Japan and climate change, and whether Tokyo leads or lags on the issue ahead of the Group of 20 summit next month in Osaka, where it ...

Ahead of the new season of Terrace House — "Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020" — Tom Hanaway and Patrick St. Michel join Oscar Boyd to discuss why the show has proved ...

This week we try and unpick one of the biggest stories of the past few months: the arrest and detainment of Carlos Ghosn.

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, ...