We talk with Mikasan about life in Japan, finding his niche online and staying authentic as his audience grows.

Learn about Sakamoto Ryoma, including his life, legacy and real-life locations connected to his role in modern Japan.

I spent a year teaching English in Japan. The experience was thrilling and a total culture shock. Living in Japan as an American is a 24-hour immersive learning experience. I returned to the US for my ...

Emery Bowles quit his job in the US and moved to Japan to teach English in 2008. Bowles found life in Japan safe and beautiful, despite language barriers and cultural differences. He and his wife plan ...

On January 29, three foreign-born Japanese residents filed a lawsuit against the Japanese, Tokyo, and Aichi governments, alleging racial profiling. They sought 3.3 million yen (around $22,000) in ...

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Many Japanese life insurers, major investors in global bonds, plan to reduce currency hedging amid the yen's slump, as well as investing more in superlong-dated domestic debt.

Japan's new prime minister has vowed to "work, work, work," even on two hours of sleep. Critics warn her stance could revive toxic overtime culture and reverse progress on reducing deaths from ...

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

For Gu Chuan and his wife, relocating from China to Japan appeared to be a logical choice. Last year, when China’s economy slowed and optimism about job prospects dimmed, the Beijing-based tech worker ...

Japan’s life insurers left their hedging against the risk of a stronger yen near a 13-year low in the fiscal first half through end-September, according to a Bloomberg analysis of earnings reports.