Hello Kitty will celebrate her 50th birthday on Nov 1. The Straits Times shares 50 things about the charming global icon. 1.

Being pulled into another world is hard enough on its own. However, these isekai characters were reincarnated as the ...

Japanese horror movie of the same name. Widely considered Ito's greatest work, Tomie is a series that tells the story of a school girl blessed – or cursed? – with the inexplicable gift of ...

2001 Japanese fantasy film Spirited Away has a ... Directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away), it follows schoolgirl Satsuki (Dakota Fanning in the English language dub) and her younger sister ...

Remember the sanitary pad ads of the ’80s and ’90s, which never mentioned the words menstruation or period, let alone show blood? Instead, blue ink would seep into the ‘sanitary napkins’. As a six- or ...

Luxury brands that align with Japanese values of quality, craftsmanship, and simplicity stand to win big in Japan.

Kansai International Airport in Japan can't be held responsible for the less superlative performance of airlines or other stops on a traveller's journey, but it claims its handlers never lose a bag.

The Le Pliage tote leads the shift from backpacks to shoulder bags on campus, combining effortless style and self-expression ...

He acknowledged that it is easier to achieve zero lost bags at an airport such as Kansai, which serves relatively few connecting passengers. But he said the achievement reflects the “incredible ...

A trio of Japanese energy firms are carrying out a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Tomakomai area of Hokkaido, Japan. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX), Idemitsu Kosan ...

JOVAN Medallo of the Philippines on Saturday won two gold medals at the Asian Kickboxing Championships in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Samahang Kickboxing ng ...