How did Takashi-san's illustrations become Japan's de facto clip art? Watch the vid and find out.

I recently made a video about what a typical Tokyo neighborhood is like and needed a few Japanese related clip art to illustrate what I was talking about. Even more surprising was that everything is ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Young adults arrive for the Coming-of-Age Day, a centuries-old tradition and national holiday celebrating ...

Join Kazuhiro on his new adventures through Japan with Ms. Elf ... Knowing that they're all real people means that his view of them has shifted—especially with Marie. Once, she was a tsundere ...

Tokyo — Eight people were wounded in a hammer attack at a university in Tokyo on Friday, with a 22-year-old student arrested at the scene, Japanese media said. All those hurt were conscious ...

Many Japanese people tend to avoid confrontation and direct communication, which can make forming friendships challenging. Professor Ono noted that people may find it difficult to ask someone to ...

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After retiring as a professional soccer player, Toshiya Omi chose a job “that people don’t want to do” for the next phase of his life. The 29-year-old former J.League player, who once represented ...