Railway buffs are mourning plans by East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) to replace traditional magnetic tickets for short-distance rides with larger tickets with scannable QR codes in the spring of 2027.

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You’d think the number of animators would grow accordingly, but it didn’t increase that much,” said Fukumiya Ayano, of Nippon Anime and Film Culture Association (NAFCA), an advocacy group. In 2010 it ...

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A century after an indigenous baseball team from eastern Taiwan toured Japan during the colonial era, the sport has become a ...

A Japanese photographer gave a family a disposable camera to document their lives, and the result has 3.4 million views.

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After hearing from detainees about the power of playing soccer, a legal aid group convened an annual tournament where former ...