A new exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art showcases the longtime cultural meaning in the practice of chanoyu ...

With the December 2024 Pixel Feature Drop, Google announced “updated navigation” for Emoji Kitchen, and this new Gboard Browse UI is more widely rolling out. This has been a very slow ...

If you love Pictionary, you’ll absolutely get a kick out of these emoji riddles—and all you need is your phone. Text your friends to see if you can stump them. Or share the emoji clues on ...

For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall. https ...

President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S. has borne an excessive burden, along with demands for greater contributions from Europe, Japan, and other allies, and even comments that undermine ...

With the 24 percent additional tariffs on Japan suspended for 90 days for negotiations, the U.S. and Japan should approach this moment as a chance to forge a new economic compact. Japanese Prime ...

President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer are expected to negotiate a historic deal with Japan on Wednesday as they meet with Tokyo’s ...

A smiley face is the same so context is crucial. The least ambiguous is arguably the handshake emoji – 🤝. A number of cases from overseas show how emojis sent in response to an offer can lead ...

For his first face-to-face talks on tariffs, the president chose Japan, a U.S. ally that decades ago stirred his anger over the unequal balance of trade and his penchant for tariffs. By Martin ...

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The Japanese, who the Allied Forces and indigenous Cordillera guerrillas fought to liberate Baguio City at the end of World War II, are now helping preserve the ...

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed George Glass, a former investment banker and diplomat known for criticizing China, as ambassador to Japan, one of several U.S. allies that has asked President ...

Japan has a new U.S. ambassador, and he’ll have both large shoes to fill and a challenging agenda ahead of him — including helping to resolve a row over tough tariffs the White House has ...