Never After Dark, the midnighter that was the best film at SXSW 2026, knows what to do with the dead, it's the living it's not so sure about.

Emma Kawawada’s “Life Is Yours” centers on Kimie, a 71-year-old cleaner who infiltrates a luxury resort owned by a foreign ...

A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each ...

Japan plans to deploy upgraded air defense missiles on its westernmost island — within sight of Taiwan — by 2031, a move that underscores Tokyo’s growing concern over regional security and tensions ...

This video highlights train travel experiences in Japan, featuring food options like ekiben, a traditional boxed meal enjoyed on trains. It also explores the popularity of sushi gacha games and ...

There aren't any native lion or tiger populations living in Japan today, but this was not always the case. Fossil evidence indicates that at least one species of large cat roamed the archipelago ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party secured a sweeping win in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, capturing about 316 seats in the 465-member lower house and ...

This story originally published in the September 1922 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Of all the poetic titles applied by the Japanese in ...

Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election. Takaichi, who took office in October after being elected leader of the ...

On February 1, Japan’s deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu retrieved rare-earth-rich sediment from roughly 6,000 meters below the Pacific near Minamitorishima. It was a world first. Prime Minister ...

After starting the year strong, stock prices in Japan’s financial services sector faltered slightly amid volatility in Japanese Government Bonds. While concerns over bond prices have pressured ...