The high-speed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi ...

Since the Japanese anime boom of the past few decades, Akihabara has been a refuge for the otaku — someone who would “go ...

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“To complete your work, even if it means sacrificing your personal life, is like a samurai spirit living within ... Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, formerly a member of boys’ band Smap who portrayed ...

“To complete your work, even if it means sacrificing your personal life, is like a samurai spirit living within all Japanese ... Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, formerly a member of boys’ band SMAP who portrayed a ...