After noticing that chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan tend to pee in groups, researchers from Kyoto ...

As a result, pop culture is habitually paying lip service rather than helping the actual cause. Lack of knowledge on the part ...

At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, the water flowing down the falls has frozen completely again this year with the coldness of win･･･ ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, ...

Concerts in Japan are often quite different from those in America, from crowd expectations to bag policies and cell phone ...

On Japan Culture Day at Yokota Air Base, Japanese base workers shared their vibrant culture with their U.S. counterparts.

The Teiji Hayama solo exhibition "Million Eyes" at Allouche Gallery highlights the artist's unique digital and traditional ...

Sake has a rich history complete with dragons and gods in ancient Japan. Today, the rice wine is still sacred and has UNESCO recognition for its intangible cultural heritage. Explore the rice wine in ...

If once of your buddies needs to poop or pee, you are more likely to need to go as well, scientists say, confirming that is is not only yawning that is contagious. Their study of chimps showed ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...