From Asia to Europe, Africa, US and Canada, a food writer toured the kitchens of Buddhist and Catholic monasteries, a ...

Archaeologists Unearth More Than 100,000 Ancient Coins, Carrying Traits of China’s First Unified Currency Archaeologists ...

Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

Two female priests have been appointed at a shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, for the first time in its history.

Funami-zaka is a steep slope in the harbour city of Otaru in Northern Japan. It’s famed for being featured in the 1995 ...

It was in the Kamakura period that religious sects offering salvation for the masses arose in Japan, represented by the Pure Land sects founded by Hōnen (Jōdoshū) and Shinran (Jōdoshinshū) ...

Although many methods allow for period-like bleeding, it isn’t necessary. In some cases, bleeding may slow or stop entirely. True menstruation occurs after ovulation when the ovary releases an ...

Night - Flurries with a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds WSW at 24 mph (38.6 kph). The overnight low will be 41 °F (5 °C). Sunny with a high of 53 °F (11.7 °C) and a 40% chance of ...

Inverted Yields, Negative Rates, and JGB Probabilities 10 Years Forward In this week's Japan forecast ... in the 91-day quarterly period ending December 23, 2044. The next graph describes the ...

A Japanese department store has been slammed over its controversial plan to encourage female employees to wear 'period badges' when menstruating. The Daimaru Umeda department store in Osaka claims the ...

World Bank Deputy Chief Economist Ayhan Kose has said that the Japanese economy is expected to "deliver healthy growth" over the next two years driven by increased consumption backed by rising wages.