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Trudging through the ruins of Hiroshima after the US atom bombing four days before in 1945, five-year-old Masaki Hironaka ...

Recent Earthquake Aftermath in Japan On January 4, 2024, Wajima, Japan, was devastated by fire following an earthquake, with areas like Asaichi-dori street being significantly affected. A man ...

Just two days before the exact date (July 5, 2025) that manga artist Ryo Tatsuki predicted in her cult novel The Future I Saw ...

DOOM: The Dark Ages for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC, and Capcom Fighting Collection 2 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game ...

A Bafta survey rated a 1999 Dreamcast title the most influential video game of all time – ahead of Super Mario Bros, Half-Life and Minecraft.

A Paris Olympics poster from the television network Eurosport has been slammed as racist by users on X after it failed to include any Chinese or Japanese athletes who helped their countries finish ...

To Robin Brooks, the former chief currency strategist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Japan’s massive government debt — for now at least — is likely to doom any efforts to prop up the yen.

Feeling stuck in a social media rut? Ditch the doomscrolling and embrace Datsuzoku, the Japanese philosophy that encourages breaking free from routine! This article explores how Datsuzoku can boost ...

Japanese director Takeshi Kitano has provided the artwork for the poster of the 2024 edition of Cannes parallel section Directors’ Fortnight, running alongside the main festival from May 15 to ...

A now-deleted poster for the internet sensation “Barbenheimer” has sparked controversy in Japan after it seemed to poke fun at the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.