Students studying Japanese as a second language in-country hits historic high, majority of teachers are unpaid volunteers. Global interest in Japan and its culture, both modern and traditional, has never been higher.... Read more »

Montreal – Critics accuse Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney of betraying the fight against climate change. Others say he is facing reality and has no choice but to boost polluting sectors that... Read more »

Two decades after it played a starring role in Sofia Coppola’s film Lost in Translation, the New York Grill & Bar at the Park Hyatt Tokyo is set to reopen on the... Read more »

Toei’s iconic Super Sentai series will reportedly end, with its current incarnation, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger, scheduled to conclude in early 2026. Perhaps best known to Western audiences as the basis for Power... Read more »

We head to Shinjuku to encounter these Square Enix video game mascots turned tasty treats. There’s a roasted sweet potato stand called Katsugorou located just two blocks over from Shinjuku Station in... Read more »

The Kodama Shinkansen is one of the three main services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines, Japan’s iconic high-speed railway connecting Tokyo and Osaka and Fukuoka. Unlike the faster Nozomi and... Read more »

Anyone who has been in Japan recently will have seen the signs — crowds spilling out of Onitsuka Tiger shops, tourists clinging to the shoe brand’s black-and-red shopping bags and entire friend... Read more »

Japanese trains have been captivating the world for decades now. The country has earned a reputation as having some of the best trains, namely its bullet trains, the Shinkansen. In the northern... Read more »

We need to tell you to take a look before the new slang of today outruns us all… eh ho eh ho… As you advance in years, it is easy to start... Read more »