To a 37-year-old company employee in Tokyo, the "cute" Japanese spoken by members of globally popular South Korean BTS during a live performance is part of what initially hooked her. “ ...

In recent years, Japan's kawaii culture has exploded in popularity. WSJ's Eric Bellman speaks with author Manami Okazaki about how cuteness has gained a global fanbase.

What it tells us about the past: This small, clay tablet was likely a tool used to perform rituals at two prehistoric stone rings in northern Japan over ... that the Jōmon people understood ...