Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died. She was 116.
The Japanese market has dominated the trade in American vintage clothing for decades. Now economic and cultural changes are ...
There’s a reason why some stories should not be told by people outside their world. In the case of Arthur Golden’s 1997 novel “Memoirs of a Geisha,” adapted into a hit 2005 eponymously titled film, ...
Shoppers out for seasonal staples, discount merchandise and "lucky" New Year bags whose contents remain unknown prior to purchase flocked to the first such sale of this year on Thursday at a major ...
The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...
As cinema spreads across the globe, Japan shines as one of the leading and cherished film industries, especially having earned more Academy Awards than any other nation in Asia. While it is ...
Retail sales volumes (quantity bought) are estimated to have risen by 0.2% in November 2024, following a fall of 0.7% in October 2024 (unrevised from our last publication). Growth in supermarkets and ...
For the uninitiated, sorting one's rubbish can be a convoluted process in Japan - a country that boasts one of the world's strictest waste disposal rules. But in the city of Fukushima, things are ...
Retail sales increased 3.8% year-on-year (YoY) in November. Japan’s exports rose for a second straight month in November, data showed. Total exports rose 3.8% year-on-year (YoY) in November ...
While Nissan reported a drop of over 5% in retail sales in China in the first half of the fiscal year — the largest drop of any of its regions. Like other foreign automakers, Japan's car giants ...
It aims to double global sales of hybrid models from the current ... Subaru this month also released models in Japan with a new hybrid system. It says the vehicles improve fuel efficiency by ...
There was BeyBlade Timmy, who mysteriously gripped one of the early-aughts Japanese toys on the red ... A chin-scruffed Chalamet reunited with his Lady Bird costar Saorsie Ronan at a BFI event ...