I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

When was the last time you were truly captivated by the presentation of a new AAA game, especially if it was a fresh IP?

Last week, the administration announced plans to terminate U.S. funding for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — an organization that has helped vaccinate over 1 billion children and saved 19 million ...

The Japanese also value community, purpose (ikigai), and routine, all of which contribute to mental well-being. Ikigai is a philosophy of life that originated in Okinawa and allows one to find one ...

the biographers of those three legendary women took the stage at the New York Public Library’s Celeste Bartos Forum to discuss the art—and hard work—of telling a life story during the annual ...

Works by Hisako Hibi, Miné Okubo and Miki Hayakawa are featured in “Pictures of Belonging” at the Smithsonian American Art ...

Heightened volatility and low liquidity are deterring Japanese life insurers from buying more of the nation’s sovereign bonds, increasing upward pressure on yields. The caution from this key ...

In her ninth novel, The Buried Life, Andrea Goldsmith explores ambitious themes of death, denial and uncertainty. She examines the illusion of emotional security among the educated middle classes ...

No matter how many euphemistic ways the proponents of the Death with Dignity Act wordsmith suicide, the act is still self-murder. Human suffering is a hallmark of the Christian life. The New ...

So, any discussion and proposed law about end-of-life issues should actually concern us more than our living ones. It is this issue that has me opposed to Maine’s “death with dignity” law in ...

It’s the difference between rushing through life and making room to actually ... Over time, this can protect against burnout and memory loss. Japanese wellness experts believe that this mental ...