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The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the ...

Members of a university kanto club perform in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Tradition and religion dictate that only men are allowed to be sashite or pole carriers. Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent ...

Introduction: Social prescribing (SP) has not yet been officially introduced in Japan. This qualitative case study aimed to identify the challenges and facilitating factors in the implementation of SP ...

Local Japanese governments are using NFTs to attract tourists and secure regional funding. The NFT boom is fueled by the Ishiba administration's "Regional Revitalization 2.0" policy. This Web3 ...

It wasn't until the '90s that the West began to appreciate how many great anime movies were coming out of Japan, and within a few decades, anime movies became mainstream. How could they not?