It’s tsukimi burger time once again in Japan, a decades-old junk food option that turns out to be essential to Japan’s long-term survival.

A key element of Japan’s rich and enduring culture is in danger of being stripped away, thanks in part to weightlifters using cell phones.

Japan’s new extreme-right political parties are not ashamed to be anti-immigrant, but the real harm these groups cause is against the nation’s citizens.

If foreign residents in Japan want to be treated more like insiders, they need to make that desire clear.