Government bans unconventional kanji pronunciations to dissuade parents from giving children quirky and individualistic names ...

Japanese work culture is not static. Young Japanese professionals are increasingly questioning old norms, like excessive overtime or strict hierarchical rules. Some companies have started adopting ...

At age 74, Saito was awarded the Fourth Class Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Japanese Government. Later in 1995 he was named a Person of Cultural Merit (Bunka Korosha), one of Japan's highest ...

The country that changed modern culture and design, from A to Z Fandom didn’t originate in Japan. Toward the end ... the four-class social hierarchy of that era, which put samurai above farmers ...