2. Prioritize culture at every touchpoint: food. Food is treated as a visual medium in Japan. Just like jewelry stores display items in showrooms to attract shoppers, many Japanese restaurants ...

BUT CELEBRATING A culture is different from venerating a country — Americans out in the world understand this distinction firsthand. And although this issue isn’t about Japan’s geopolitical ...

If you’re considering a move to Tokyo or any other part of Japan for work, I encourage you to keep an open mind. Recognize that you’re stepping into a culture with deep-rooted values, where ...

When I moved from Italy to Japan three years ago, I felt overwhelmed by how different my life felt. So much about the Asian country has surprised me, especially when it comes to office culture and ...

I moved from Europe to Japan for a corporate job. Working here has been filled with surprises about quitting culture, happy hours, and technology.

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

In 2017, Japan received 20,000 asylum applications and approved only 20. Last year, it granted refugee status to a record number, but that amounted to just 303 out of 13,823 applications. Japan isn’t ...

A.B. came to Japan for work in 2018 and said he joined peaceful protests in Japan against the Chinese government’s policy of replacing Mongolian with Mandarin Chinese at schools. He said: ...

WCS is an annual international cosplay event, held in Japan since 2003, to promote global interaction through Japanese pop culture. It celebrates cosplay and culture, culminating in the crowning ...

Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science has added the PlayStation 2 to its Future Technology Heritage registry, honoring it as a piece of technology that has impacted people's lives.