A native Briton spends nearly 365 days of the year wearing kimono, even though daily use of the traditional Japanese clothing is on the decline among modern Japanese fashionistas. Sheila Cliffe ...

KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan, dyers specializing in ... Still, it is not uncommon to see women who earn high salaries attending parties wearing a ...

The number of foreign employees in Japan hit a new record high as of October 2024, as the number of workplaces employing them also reached new heights, according to reports. Government data on Friday ...

TOKYO -- Japan's teamLab art collective threw open the doors on the latest area of its flagship, high-tech exhibition in southeast Tokyo on Wednesday, offering visitors the chance to immerse ...

Indonesian foreign workers are seen demonstrating how to cook Indonesian cuisine in an activity held by the Chigasaki International Association, Kanagawa, Japan, on Sunday (15/9/2024). (ANTARA/ Juwita ...

"We confirmed that Russian military bombers and fighter jets flew over the high seas of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan yesterday, and we scrambled Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets" in ...

TOKYO — Japan saw record-high exports last year, as its annual trade deficit declined 44% from the previous year, the Finance Ministry reported Thursday. The trade deficit, which measures the ...

Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry, fishery and food products in 2024 hit a record high for the 12th consecutive year, agriculture ministry data showed Tuesday. The exports totaled ¥1.51 ...

Combined photo shows Masakazu Tokura, left, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Tomoko Yoshino, right, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, in talks in Tokyo on Jan. 22 ...

(Mainichi/Kazuhisa Soneda) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sales from seven major Japanese convenience store chains hit a record high of 11.8 trillion yen ($75.5 billion) in 2024, bolstered by inbound tourism ...

Japan’s average temperature in 2024 was 1.48 ... This is the second consecutive record high, following the previous record set in 2023, which exceeded the 30-year average by 1.29 degrees.