On January 25, Takato Ishida, 35, won the Fukui gubernatorial election, becoming the youngest incumbent prefectural governor in Japan. He collected 134,620 votes, narrowly beating former...
Punch was bullied by an older monkey again, and his plushie was not enough this time. He leaped straight into the arms of his caretaker Kosuke...
Japanese farmers are going viral for transforming large rice fields into vivid works of art. Known as Tambo Art, these designs use different rice varieties to...
Japan’s aging population has pushed care homes to rethink how they serve the elderly, and one surprising idea is hiring young bodybuilders. At facilities run by...
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung went viral after a playful jam session with Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. Wearing matching jackets, the two...
12-year-old Japanese gaming prodigy known as Tarou has gone viral after announcing he will leave school to focus on esports full-time. A gamer since age three,...
A 57-year-old Japanese father named Koji Eguchi has gone viral after leaving his longtime job to open a family café in memory of his daughter, Honoka,...
In 2013, a 60-year-old Japanese man has gone viral after winning $370,000 in damages following a shocking discovery that he was switched at birth. Raised in...
Last year, a 10-year-old girl in southwest Japan went viral after becoming the youngest person in the country to pass the fugu preparation authorization test. Karin...
In March 2011, when a tsunami as tall as a 12-story building hit Japan after the Tōhoku earthquake, 24-year-old Miki Endo stayed inside Minamisanriku’s Crisis Management...
