Japan trends 2025 reshaped everyday life, from retro culture and food to work—plus what these trends mean for 2026.

Yahoo Japan has beaten Yahoo to the blogosphere. Yahoo Japan, owned mostly by Softbank and partly by Yahoo, on Tuesday launched a test, or "beta," version of Yahoo Japan Blogs, a free service that ...

Japan’s Kanji of the Year 2025 is 熊 (bear). Here’s why it won, what it says about Japan.

It will likely come as quite a surprise to the English-speaking world that the number one language of bloggers worldwide, in terms of number of posts, is not the “language of international ...

Japan is capable of real contributions to the balance of power in East Asia, but it chooses dependence on the United States. Despite having the world’s third-largest economy and territorial disputes ...

Compared to a decade ago, before Facebook, Twitter and other social media took over, there aren't as many Japan blogs are there used to be. A few gems still remain. If you're interested in developing ...

The blogging session here at CNET Japan Innovation Conference is moderated by the CNET Japan Blog Editor. First up is Ask Jeeves Japan, which covered their Bloglines powered Ask Blog Search for Japan, ...

Eighty years ago, the Empire of Japan had one of the world’s most powerful navies, and its armies began a massive campaign against much of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Its territory ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba leaves after speaking to the media at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) headquarters Takashi Aoyama/Pool via REUTERS On Sunday, Japanese voters handed the ...

A time of unpredictability has fallen upon Japan, prompting the search for a new leader. Due to internal disputes within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), each prime ministerial succession in Tokyo ...