High-tech start-ups, unconventional management, and a party atmosphere: it sounds like a scene from a modern business incubator, but it also describes Japan’s cotton-spinning industry in the late 19th ...

When the magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, the results were catastrophic: nearly 16,000 dead, more than 3,000 others missing, and hundreds of billions of ...

TOKYO — The face masks, thick dark haze and pollution warnings plaguing residents of China’s capital this week once were a fact of life for people living in Japan’s biggest industrial cities. Japanese ...

CAMP SENDAI, Japan (Dec. 11, 2012) -- Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force are very interested in the processes for success. They know the value of practice, learning from their experiences, ...

Editor's note: The ongoing discussions about Japan's "Lost Decades," a period of prolonged economic stagnation spanning 30 years, have sparked debates on whether Japan indeed lost momentum for three ...

In Japan, you usually obtain a driver’s license by taking lessons at a private driving school which exempts you from a practical driving test at a police facility. After finishing the course, you take ...

Tokyo | Shigeo Hagihara abandoned city life to move to the picturesque Japanese mountain village of Ohi in the 1990s. Hagihara, 65, a former forestry worker, now spends his working hours fighting to ...

In May 2024, 15 business, community and government leaders from Hawai’i traveled to Japan for the Kibou for Maui project. Kibou means “hope” and the program – funded by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign ...

Not too long ago, I sat in the cabin of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on a Tokyo-to-Boston flight that would bring me home after several days spent visiting business leaders in Asia, including Japan. When ...

The pet of choice in Japan, as much as cuddly kitties and playful puppies, is the humble bug. The bug has been a key part of Japanese culture from the Heian era classic “The Tale of Genji” to popular ...