36 hours in Tokyo

Think of Tokyo as a warren of concealed gems, where you can drink at an artisanal bar tucked up in a small office or apartment building or taste exquisite sushi in a basement at the end of a dark ... ( read original story ...)

How the 2011 Japanese earthquake shaped new anime film Suzume

The strongest earthquake in Japan's history (and the fourth most powerful since the beginning of modern records in 1900), it caused more than 19,000 deaths and led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It is sometimes referred to simply as "3/11" in Japan, the way Americans refer to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks as "9/11." ( read ...

Japan: Kishida smoke bomb sparks memories of slain PM Abe

One video showed a shield being used around Mr Kishida the moment the young man was pinned to the ground. But there are also uneasy parallels being made between what happened today in a port in Wakayama in western Japan and what happened last year in the Western city of Nara when Mr Abe was ...