These batteries could harness the wind and sun to replace coal and gas

Custom-Made Shoes: Comfort in a Box

Can Quake-Prone Japan Ever Embrace Nuclear Energy Again?

Aging Japan: Japan und die Vielfältigkeit seiner alten Bevölkerung

How ancient healing hot springs could fuel a clean energy future

Japan Needs Foreign Workers. It’s Just Not Sure It Wants Them to Stay.

The Book Bag That Binds Japanese Society

In Japan, These Women Want to Opt Out of Motherhood More Easily

First, He Conquered Paris. Now, a Japanese Chef Wants to Become a Brand.

A Woman Who Shows Age Is No Barrier to Talk Show Stardom

A Tokyo Designer Captures Memories in Gems

In Isolated Guam, Abortion Is Legal. And Nearly Impossible to Get.

Japan is hostile for LGBTQ people, but attitudes are shifting. Slowly

Facing Extinction, but Available for Selfies in Japan’s Animal Cafes

Japan confronts a stark reality: a nation of old people

Japan’s Business Owners Can’t Find Successors.

In Japan, Artisans Create ‘Cut Glass From Edo’

A 95-Square-Foot Tokyo Apartment: ‘I Wouldn’t Live Anywhere Else’

For millions of Japanese, confrontation between the US and China is already a reality

This Man Married a Fictional Character. He’d Like You to Hear Him Out

A Tiny Gas Meter? The More Mundane the Better for Japan’s Capsule Toys

This Pristine Beach Is One of Japan’s Last. Soon It Will Be Filled With Concrete

Japan Is Finding It Harder to Stay Quiet on China’s Abuse of Uyghurs

Furor in Japanese Town Casts Light on Fukushima’s Legacy

10 Years After Fukushima Disaster, This Nurse May Be the Region’s Best Hope

Tokyo, in a State of Emergency, Yet Still Having Drinks at a Bar

In Rural Japan, a 370-Year-Old Tradition Falls to One Child

The Great Empty: Photographs by The New York Times

Japan Can’t Quit Its Coal Habit, Nine Years After Fukushima

The Man Who Won’t Let the World Forget the Firebombing of Tokyo

Japan Races to Build New Coal-Burning Power Plants, Despite the Climate Risks

A 7-Eleven in Japan Might Close for a Day. Yes, That’s a Big Deal.

A Filmmaker Explored Japan’s Wartime Enslavement of Women. Now He’s Being Sued.

These Otters Are Popular Pets in Asia. That May Be Their Undoing.

As Tokyo Fish Market Closes, Sellers and Customers Honor an Era of Grime

Dying Alone in Japan: The Industry Devoted to What’s Left Behind

The Yazidis : Refugee crisis

The prayers of Yazidis

In pictures: Stairway to Heaven

Grab and Run: Kyrgyzstan's Bride Kidnappings

Ala Kachuu

Kidnapped & Married in a day

The Great East Japan Earthquake