They creak, they breathe, they freeze you in winter and they’re heartbreakingly beautiful. The Kyoto machiya is Japan’s living museum piece, equal parts poetry and punishment. A home that remembers ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

A New Zealand man living in Japan has revealed the moment his arm was ‘snapped off’ in a gruesome bear attack.