This is a list of symbols appearing on Japanese maps. These symbols are called chizukigou (地図記号) in the Japanese language. More information symbol, meaning ...

Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a ...

Sumo, skyscrapers, sushi – and Shinkansen. Japan’s legendary fleet of white-nosed bullet trains, which smoothly criss-cross ...

Google Japan recently introduced a mechanical keyboard with keys covering both sides. The company patterned the design after ...

Anyone who has purchased clothing will know the tag is filled with care symbols to offer you guidance on how best to maintain ...

Benzinga reports on how the financial landscape is changing and the effects this may have on U.S. forex traders.

The killing of a Japanese schoolboy in China has sparked an outpouring of anger and soul searching over the rise of extreme ...

Her white-gloved, waistcoated uniform impeccable, 22-year-old Hazuki Okuno boards a bullet train replica to rehearse the ...

Even in modern Japan, the katana remains a symbol of tradition, discipline, and artistry. Many martial arts, such as kendo ...

Cleaners and fashion lovers have discovered the meaning behind this mysterious washing symbol found on some clothes.

In San Jose, a center of California’s housing crisis, one of the oldest and last remaining Japanese-owned farms in the state ...