A new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI.

By the Edo Period (1603–1868), washitsu had become a quintessential part of Japanese home design. Tatami mats have evolved in modern times. While traditional mats were relatively thin at first, modern ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, has died aged 92. Tanikawa, who translated the Peanuts comic strip ...