From locked-room mysteries and whodunnits to decades-long murder tales and psychological thrillers, here are the best ...

"Ran" remains my favorite Kurosawa film, though, even 40 years after its original theatrical release. I first watched it when I was a kid — it was probably the first foreign-language movie I ever ...

The Tokyo-based company ispace said its lander dropped out of lunar orbit as planned and everything seemed to be going well.

A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

At No.4 is the title track of OCTPATH’s seventh single, “Mata Natsu ni Kaerou” (Let’s go back to summer again). The track ...

On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They ...

US tariffs may push China into deflation, devaluation, and a lost decade, impacting global markets and advancing US ...

Now, the Duolingo subreddit is awash with users looking for answers to their questions. And many of them are blaming AI for ...

Reporters from Japan figured out a solution for their problem of Shohei Ohtani not always talking: They started interviewing the fans who caught his home-run balls.

Susan Choi’s new book, Flashlight, considers the evolution of rage.

I get really fixated on things and then I’m dying to put them into novels,’ Choi, whose previous novel, ‘Trust Exercise’ won ...

The summer cousin of apple butter, but richer somehow — silkier, sun-drunk. A condiment built for summer evenings, when ...