The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had "unexpectedly low" levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human relatives.

Japan is experiencing historically high numbers of foreigners. Its population is shrinking, and its workforce is ageing, driving foreign labour to historic levels. In addition, the number of ...

YOKOHAMA -- In the summer of 2025, sixth grader Miko was standing in line in his classroom for school lunch when a classmate ...

In February 2023, a snowy town in Fukui suddenly made news headlines. The government of Ikeda Town had published "The 7 Rules of Life in Ikeda" in its promotional pamphlet, and these rules laid down ...

Talk about achieving milestones, and Japan will surprise you like no other country! The land of the rising sun has just reached a remarkable new milestone: as of September 1, 2025, nearly 100,000 ...

One Tokyo local shares the common ways visitors go astray—and how you can do better. Jessica Kozuka is a Japan-based freelance writer with nearly 20 years of experience. Her work has appeared in ...

Nobody can predict how the 48 teams will do at the FIFA World Cup this summer, but if you wanted to gamble on Japan being the tidiest team, you’d surely clean up at the bookies. Thanks to a societal ...

Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map. Villages ...

Many people dream about leaving the place where they were born or currently live and pursuing a life abroad. Usually, such dreams involve not some random country, but one that seemingly calls to a ...