Nestled in the mountains of Kanagawa Prefecture, the town of Hakone makes for a great weekend or overnight trip from the Tokyo area. In addition to some of east Japan’s best hot springs, Hakone boats ...

This female was brought to the aquarium in 1987, making her at least 38 years old, but when she first arrived, the longest a Japanese aquarium had been able to keep a largetooth sawfish alive for was ...

Meeting someone through games or social media is becoming just as normal as going to the playground.

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Japan’s most quirkily empathetic monk is back to keep bad mojo away from us as the year ends. There are a lot of different ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Japan. If you want to get orthodox, ...

A new test kit checks for hidden iron deficiency using menstrual blood, and it’s super simple to use.

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