Traveler and author Pico Iyer explains what makes Japan so unique and why he’s made it his home. Social and medical ...

Inemuri, the Japanese art of napping, allows individuals to take short naps in public or work settings without being seen as ...

A group of governors is lobbying to get the centuries-old Japanese onsen practice included on Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage list.

Now, Japanese researchers think the differences in cultural acceptance may be traced ... participating in the conversation. In fact, many people tend to don a pair of sunglasses outside in Europe ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially ...