According to mobile data analytics firm Data.ai, Japanese digital webcomic and web novel platform Piccoma was the app with the highest consumer spending in Japan for 2024. Data from the combined ...

A strong earthquake rattled southern Japan on Monday, the United States Geological Survey is reporting. The notable quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, the USGS said and was recorded ...

Join Kazuhiro on his new adventures through Japan with Ms. Elf ... I'm not sure how the reverse elf-sekai anime became such a trend in recent years, but screw it; I'll happily go along with ...

Japan in the last week of December experienced the biggest influenza outbreak since comparable data became available 25 years ago, health authorities said Thursday. The latest health ministry ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

In Japan, anime fans and non-anime fans are celebrating the New Year, as 2025 has arrived as the “Year of the Snake.” Taking to social media, countless manga creators have shared new art that ...

Takamine is a new whiskey made with koji, a mold that’s long been used in Japan for starting fermentation.Credit...Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times Supported by By Clay Risen One afternoon ...

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