Anime has become a cultural phenomenon worldwide. How big of a role does it play in spreading Japanese pop culture abroad?

Chino Kuwashiro recalled how her legs trembled as she saw off young kamikaze pilots almost 80 years ago, waving a symbolic ...

Nihonbashi is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Tokyo, but it’s also the name of a bridge (hashi being the Japanese word ...

From cherry blossom-flavored ice cream and snacks to sakura-infused drinks, there are plenty of culinary delights to satisfy your taste buds. Sakura-colored taiyaki The perfect sakura picnic, complete ...

Atami's cherry blossoms are among the earliest to bloom in Japan ... From morning until early afternoon, you will likely see flocks of energetic mejiro - Japanese white eyes - flitting from flower to ...

The pair of Minnesota birds are Biden's last Thanksgiving pardons. Peach and Blossom are the two lucky turkeys from Minnesota who escaped a fowl fate of ending up on someone's Thanksgiving table ...

Japan celebrates the cherry blossom or Sakura (the Japanese word for cherry blossoms) festival with much fanfare every year. However, even as the world witnesses the glorious blossoming of these ...

Ms. Yamazaki is a documentary filmmaker. What makes Japanese people distinctively Japanese? For me, the key lies in what we are taught during our elementary school years. Children as young as 6 ...

“Poppy was selected as the winning name from five floral-themed options in honour of her mom, Sakura, which is the Japanese word for flowering cherry blossom trees,” the Zoo said in a release.

On a full-moon night on November 15, the RBDSA Sports Complex, Bhoirymbong in Shillong—the “Scotland of the East”, a cliché that lives up to its hype—wore kaleidoscopic colours as the Cherry Blossom ...

The recently concluded Cherry Blossom Festival at Madan Kurkalang, Bhoirymbong, was a grand success, drawing an overwhelming number of visitors from various regions. The large turnout, however, led to ...

One can also plan a trip to Sikkim which is home to several cherry trees that bloom beautifully in the spring. Gangtok, Namchi, and Ravangla offer serene environments to witness cherry blossoms ...