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Julian Ryall
Julian Ryall never expected to still be in Japan 24 years after he first arrived, but he quickly realised its advantages over his native London. He lives in Yokohama with his wife and children and writes for publications around the world.
The museum in Tokyo centres around three separate sets of islands whose ownership Japan disputes with South Korea, China and Russia.
Despite hitting 1 million visitors, Osaka Expo 2025 has been plagued by a bomb scare, methane explosion and long queues.
Japan is likely to prioritise its security pact with Washington over economic alignment with Beijing, observers say.
A probe by the Japan Fair Trade Commission found pricing talks between hotel executives might have led to distorted market rates.
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Security expert warns Beijing may unilaterally claim islets to be jointly administered and dispatch maritime militia there to boost presence.
The Donald Trump administration has called the high-speed train project to link Houston and Dallas ‘a waste of taxpayer funds’.
High-profile scandals involving baseball stars and comedians have exposed a ‘shocking’ lack of public awareness about the law, observers say.
The move follows a video of a tourist in Nara’s main park kicking one of the animals, considered sacred in the ancient city.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is struggling in opinion polls as voters fret about rising prices, stagnant wages and tense regional security.
Experts say a deepening sense of crisis has overwhelmed young Japanese amid rising living costs, demographic strain and political inertia.
Rising inflation and Trump’s trade war have raised concerns about how ordinary Japanese will weather the storm.
In ‘global messaging’ move, 12-nation force set for drills in waters near India, Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan.
The move comes as more foreign travellers have been visiting the ancient Japanese capital in recent years.
Japan’s largest yakuza gang, declared an end to a decade-long feud amid dwindling membership and tougher policing.
Fabricated footage the broadcaster aired was used by South Korean media to claim that Koreans were forced to work on Hashima Island.
The event will be held on an artificial island in Osaka Bay that has been developed to welcome some 28 million visitors.
Politicians claim sightings, museums report rising visitor numbers – and ‘contact events’ draw thousands seeking alien encounters.
To promote a walkable city, Tokyo is converting a clogged motorway into a green pedestrian space, inspired by New York’s High Line.
A Japanese medical care unit arrived at the disaster site in Myanmar on Wednesday, four days after a Chinese team began its rescue work.
Wishma Sandamali suffered from ill health and lost more than 20kg while in detention in Nagoya for months before she died in 2021.
Experts say abusive messages reflect a deeper pattern of gender-based harassment aiming to silence outspoken women and are frequent occurrences.
With thousands of product prices rising, the cost of raising a child is becoming an impossible burden for some young Japanese women.
The launch of a museum dedicated to Yun Bong-gil, who was executed in 1932, has been postponed after protests by right-wing groups.
Ice Poseidon and Johnny Somali are among the foreign streamers who have been arrested for trespassing and making a nuisance of themselves.
North Korea’s first SSBN is likely to lag far behind its US and South Korean submarine rivals, analysts say.
Experts blame hikers and skiers overestimating their abilities and underestimating harsh terrain and weather.
Analysts fear this disinformation will strain the US-Japan alliance, risking economic uncertainty, especially in the auto sector.
An eruption of the iconic mountain could release 10 times the amount of debris generated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The incident stirred online anger in Japan, with demands for stronger action against China’s ‘tyrannical violations of international law’.
