NARA--UNESCO World Heritage Todaiji temple was filled with the heavenly sight of flying white-robed priests vigorously dusting the towering Great Buddha statue ahead of the Obon holidays.

Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation and strained households. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno ...

I am happy to see that she loved us.” The letters were part of a cache kept for two decades in the Great Buddha statue in Nara, which were returned to the writers or their families, eliciting a ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to go, stay and eat. By Finn-Olaf Jones Unlike the high jinks and ...

Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be ...

TOKYO -- Net foreign direct investment by Japan in the U.S. reached a record high of 11.73 trillion yen ($77.3 billion) in 2024, Japanese government data shows, continuing its rise while economic ...

TOKYO—The Japanese economy expanded faster than expected in the final three months of 2024 thanks to solid corporate spending and external demand, a positive show of strength as the central bank ...

The Great DeepSeek Panic of January 2025 is officially over. First, big tech shrugged it off, defying fears that the Chinese breakthrough on artificial-intelligence efficiency would provoke a ...

In January, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found Buddhist artifacts three colossal Buddha heads, hundreds of votive stupas, stone inscriptions, and images of Buddhist gods and goddesses ...

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The Monster Hunter series exploded in popularity globally after years of success in Japan. How did they do it? The incident happened during a public event where the K-pop star hugged 1,000 fans.

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