Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday that the government will continue to invest and create jobs in the ...

This project implements an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system for Japanese handwriting using PaddleOCR for text detection and OpenVino's handwritten Japanese text recognition model.

An elementary school here with a growing population of foreign students -- now accounting for over 40% of its roll -- has ...

Japan's energy security will benefit from U.S. President Donald Trump's push to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

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

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday that underlying inflation is still somewhat below 2%. Ueda added that ...

Ever wondered how Japanese students learn beautiful calligraphy? ✍️ This video takes you inside a Japanese calligraphy school, where students practice the art of shodō, writing kanji and kana with ...

Kick streamer Ice Poseidon is facing backlash due to his behavior while visiting Japan, prompting some viewers to compare him ...

Japanese electronics retailer Goodwill Nagoya Osu will conduct a lottery for customers who line up at the store by 10:20 a.m.

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In “Bibliophobia,” Sarah Chihaya combines criticism and memoir to write about reading’s role in a life’s highs and lows ...

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s 11-year-old daughter, North West, made headlines with her bilingual rap feature on FKA Twigs’ ...