We're revisiting it as part of our website relaunch because its themes remain as relevant and engaging as ever. City pop is a genre of Japanese popular music that was popular in the 1980s and featured ...

When a cohort of vintage Japanese pop songs went viral on YouTube throughout ... of its audience haven’t experienced ('70s and '80s Japanese city life). That said, the series redirects this ...

In the rest of the world — where Korean restaurants, music and film have transformed popular culture — the discovery of ...

Oita, a scenic region known for its natural hot springs on the Japanese island of Kyushu, has recently renamed its air hub ...

From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

Trump, bolstered by the U.S. Supreme Court amid ongoing litigation, invoked the 1798 law, a wartime authority allowing the ...

The iconic Japanese ... most popular prefecture for overnight stays, Katsuo-ji is rarely on the itinerary: the temple welcomes between 800,000 to 1 million visitors annually, around 70–80% ...

While films like Akira or Grave of the Fireflies are animated masterpieces, the '80s anime series offers diverse options.

Expo 2025 opens in Osaka, Japan, offering a vision of the future with participants from more than 160 countries and regions showcasing their futuristic exhibits amid a time of global divisions, ...

Earlier this year our sweets sensors began happily tingling at the news that Randy’s Donuts will be coming to Japan, and not just as a limited-time pop-up promotion either ... but between the stylized ...