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Kobayashi's family-run small business Cool Kimono Crafts uses discarded kimono fabrics from Japan and transforms them into modern Filipiniana wear — gowns, tops, barongs, bags, and more ...

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, ...

A Japanese green tea powder has become the brew of the moment for the under-40s, challenging coffee. But how long can matcha ...

Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that they strike from ...

When my grandpa was little, he didn’t think he would live past 80. His own grandfather was the oldest in his village at that ...

A consortium of OpenAI, Oracle and Japan's Softbank will spend $500 billion to build data centers in U.S. to handle expanded AI workload.

In WA, there were 40,600 job vacancies in the three months to August, up from 40,400 the previous quarter, but down from a ...

In addition, Seez has grown a stand-alone business by over 500 rooftops since it became part of Pinewood.AI, with new entries in North America as well as the U.K. Those stores will be fully ...

The S&P Global Japan Manufacturing PMI fell to 48.4 in September 2025, down from 49.7 in August. This figure missed market forecasts of 50.2, showing that factory activity is still in a state of ...

Japan's manufacturing sector activity fell at the fastest pace in six months in September, driven by further declines in new ...

The truth about working in Japan is more complicated than most people imagine. Long hours, rigid systems, and unique workplace culture shape the experience in ways that surprise foreigners and locals ...