Obon Festival Invites People to Savor Japanese Culture

The Cleveland Obon Festival, a Japanese festival honoring the ancestors, is celebrating its 80th annual event this year. That means it debuted immediately after World War II, a fraught time for Japanese in America. During that dark era (which is...

Arigato Travel joins DMO KYOTO to promote sustainable tourism

Arigato Travel joins Kyoto Tourism Association, strengthening commitment to authentic, sustainable cultural and culinary tourism across Japan. Arigato Travel, Japan’s culinary and cultural tourism company, is proud to announce its official...

'Fake News': Govt Denies Rejecting Japanese Bullet Train Technology

New Delhi: The Railways Ministry has dismissed as baseless and misleading some reports claiming that India has decided not to run the Japanese bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. Releasing a fact check on these 'fake news' reports, the...

Gari Shoyu Sando Co. now operating as a food truck offering Japanese pop-up meals

S. Korea Summons Japanese Embassy Official to Lodge Protest over Dokdo Claims

Photo : YONHAP News South Korea has summoned a senior official from the Japanese embassy in Seoul to protest Japan’s latest claim over the Dokdo islets. Seoul’s foreign ministry on Tuesday called in Yoshiyasu Iseki, the embassy’s acting minister,...

Mazda RX-7 from 'Tokyo Drift' auctions for record seven figures

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Entertainment Vehicle types Classic Cars & Trucks Performance Vehicles A CDN$1.7-million top bid makes this car – used for "stunt and static scenes" – the most expensive "Fast & Furious" car ever sold Published Jul 14,...

Pure Land Foundation Celebrates London Pride with Video Series Featuring Japanese Buddhist Monk Kodo Nishimura

Kodo Nishimura. Image courtesy of Pure Land Foundation The Pure Land Foundation, a UK-based advocacy organization, has announced the launch of a new video series produced to celebrate Pride in London—an annual LGBTQ pride festival and parade held...

American Express Opens New Centurion Lounge at Tokyo's Haneda Airport

NEW YORK, US - Media OutReach Newswire - 15 July 2025 - On July 16 American Express (NYSE: AXP) will open a new Centurion Lounge at Tokyo's Haneda Airport (HND), the busiest airport in Japan and one of the busiest airports in the world. The...

Crunchyroll Sets ‘Sink Your Teeth: A Tokyo Ghoul Celebration’ Cinema...

Crunchyroll has teamed with Sony Pictures Entertainment to unleash Sink Your Teeth: A Tokyo Ghoul Celebration, a special screening of select episodes from Tokyo Ghoul Season 1 on July 21, exclusively in the U.S. The compilation will be dubbed in...

Café Lounge Pandora at Hotel Gajoen Tokyo

To the right of the garden at Café Lounge Pandora at Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, a placard reads: Forbes Travel Guide—verified as one of the finest properties in the world. Walk past 21 hand-carved panels, golden fans painted with bijin (beautiful women)...

PPR associates awarded all-expenses-paid trip to Tokyo by Tokyu Land Corporation

Koror, Palau – [July 13, 2025] – Palau Pacific Resort, renowned for its world-class hospitality and proudly known as “Like No Other Island Dream,” is delighted to announce that three outstanding team members have been honored with a prestigious...

Meet the Former Japanese Soccer Player Who Spent $10 Million on the Original Birkin

It started out as a sketch. In 1984, Jane Birkin was sitting on an Air France flight next to Hermès president Jean-Louis Dumas with a too-small handbag, the entire contents of which spilled out during boarding. What if, the head of the leather...

Struggling Nissan to shut down Oppama plant

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will end vehicle production at its Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, at the end of fiscal year 2027. In addition, Nissan President Ivan Espinosa told a press...

Anti-immigrant party shakes up Japan polls

TOKYO — An upstart party is gaining support ahead of elections in Japan by railing against a “silent invasion” of immigrants, pushing the government to tackle fears about foreigners as it drags into the mainstream rhetoric once confined to the...

Japanese hotel offering sports car touge tours, no Japanese-language ability required

Mt. Fuji-area hotel offers two routes, one to a mountain pass holy ground. A pretty clear indication that some aspect of Japanese culture has started captivating people overseas is when the Japanese-language term for it starts getting used by fans...

Seven & i Boosts Profit While Pursuing Key Initiatives

TOKYO — Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. is on the right path following a quarter in which 7-Eleven Inc.'s parent company saw operating profit rise 9.7%, company leadership shared in a presentation regarding the first quarter of fiscal year 2025. The...

Japanese designer Shinichiro Ogata's latest venture is a modern riff on the traditions of his home country

Seaweed, honey, lemongrass, forest, dill, conifer, dashi, soy sauce, orange. These are among a cosmos of flavours and aromas evoked through a new series of Japanese teas for modern life presented in crafted paper cups – one of a string of recent...

Japan workers' share of profits hits 51-year low despite record earnings

TOKYO -- The share of Japanese corporate profits going to workers has dropped to the lowest level in 51 years, Nikkei has found, indicating record earnings are not being allocated toward higher wages. Labor's share of profits stood at 53.9% for...

KFC Japan to grow presence by 30% under new owner Carlyle Group

TOKYO -- KFC Japan plans to increase its footprint by 30% over the next five years, expanding to up to 1,700 stores by fiscal 2030. The company will leverage the financial strength of U.S. investment firm Carlyle Group, which bought KFC Japan last...

As marble scores jump, what is the next focus for Japanese beef industry?

Speaking during the Intercollegiate Meat Judging conference held in Wagga Wagga last week, Professor Keigo Kuchida, Obihiro University, Japan, said since 2006 the average marble score for Japanese Blacks had increased from 5.16 to 8.71.