Emoji, karaoke, futon, ramen: Words we wouldn't have if it weren't for the Japanese language. The complex language that incorporates elements of Chinese, English, German and Portuguese is on full ...

After all that, Tokyo appears to have pulled off a pandemic Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics, which took place in a COVID-19 state-of-emergency in Tokyo, were rightly laden with worry. Public opposition ...

Tokyo Game Show 2021 has arrived and brings with it some big announcements from such companies as Xbox, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Capcom, Konami, miHoYo, Bandai Namco, and much more. The show has already ...

As the Tokyo Summer Olympics drew to a close Sunday, so did the total medal count. Team USA led for the most overall medals, having secured 113 medals. China followed with 88 overall medals. And while ...

In the final days of competition at the Tokyo Olympics, it looked as though China would triumph on the medal count with the most gold, even as the U.S. had a comfortable lead in overall medals. With ...

Jad Tarifi, 42, worked at Google for nearly a decade. He relocated to Japan in 2020 and founded his own AI startup, Integral ...

TOKYO — On Friday, July 23, 2021, the Olympics will begin with reference after reference to a year that is, well, not 2021. In fact, throughout Tokyo, “2020” is everywhere. It’s on airport signs and ...

TOKYO — The first time can be disorienting. You walk past shelves brimming with instant ramen — curry, seafood, chili tomato — all in packages of bright red, orange and yellow. Deep-fried rice ...

TOKYO — No matter how tough the questions get, no matter how many times reporters ask, the person in charge of running the Summer Olympics remains calm. There is a quiet determination in her voice.

After a year-long delay, the Tokyo Olympics' opening ceremony is around the corner. Before athletes begin competing for podium positions. Before they can dream of shattering records, they will take ...

Haruhiko Kuroda answers questions during a press conference following a two-day policy board meeting at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on August 7, 2015. As Japan’s 2021 staggers toward a close, no one is ...