Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made ...

On the heels of the release of Baseball America’s top 150 starting pitchers and relievers for dynasty baseball in 2025, Geoff Pontes and Dylan White go into more details about some standout ...

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The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are underway, as MLB teams have lined up to schedule meetings with the Japanese pitcher. The 23-year-old is officially posted, and every team can sign the 23-year-old ...

The world champion Los Angeles Dodgers reportedly are among the Major League Baseball teams to have met with Japanese star Roki Sasaki. News of the meeting between the former Chiba Lotte Marines ...

Ohtani, recently named The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the third time, announced in February that he had married Tanaka, a former professional basketball player from his native Japan ...

The Miyawaki Forest Technique, invented by Japanese botanist and plant ecology expert Professor Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s, is the inspiration for micro-forests worldwide. These diverse ...

At the end of the 2015 season, he elected to sign with a Japanese baseball team. He never played for an MLB organization again. His last professional baseball experience was in the Colombian ...

Several teams have had or will have meetings with the 23-year-old Japanese pitcher. The Detroit Tigers are reportedly one of those teams, as they've expressed interest in adding the young pitcher ...

Ginzan Onsen, a popular Japanese hot spring town known for its scenic snowy views, has begun limiting entry to day trippers during winter peak season, becoming another destination to tackle ...