A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

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McDonald's Japan will have a Hello Kitty Happy Meal promotion that'll come with a QR code to download a special summer version of Suika Game.

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The expo’s national day celebrating its host country spanned culture from contemporary to ancient, in a ceremony featuring calligraphy and gagaku and more.

Tophat Gudetama hides in a different location each week in Hello Kitty Island Adventure. We explain where to find him this week in our guide.

“Japan as number one” – you’d think we were back in the 1980s. Japan entered that decade the world’s third largest economy; by 1988 it was second largest; would it supplant the U.S. and be first? A ...

Sanrio solidifies its dominance in the world of anime-style mascots in a new Japanese "Gen Z" survey ranking popular trends in media and pop culture.

Police in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, are investigating the cause of the deaths of two men who were found collapsed after going into the mountains to check a boar trap.

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The execution by hanging of a man convicted of killing nine people in Japan comes amidst a growing debate over the country's use of capital punishment.