A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been built by a team at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University in Japan. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown ...

Fusako Goto was a toddler in Fukuoka, Japan, when she started using chopsticks to eat. At age 65, she now teaches elementary school students in Litchfield how to use the Japanese eating utensils.

In Japan’s bucolic northeast, Hoshino Resorts KAI Akiu breathes new life into a sleepy hot spring village without betraying ...

L ast season, Marc Jacobs hosted a five-minute runway show at the New York Public Library, with models wearing dresses and ...

China countered President Donald Trump's across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports ...

Shoppers are eager to get their hands on the limited-availability merchandise at the new Disney Storyland Boutique.

One Austin woman’s desire to create a fermented food-related plush toy resulted in a cult following that celebrates Asian representation around the world ...

The “Princess of R&B” has been enshrined in plastic, and Mattel’s new collectible doll celebrating Aaliyah‘s memory is nothing less than fantastic. The latest entry in Mattel Creations ...

TAKASAKI, Gunma — About 10,000 old Japanese daruma dolls were ritually burned during a memorial service for the good-luck talisman figures, which represent the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, in Takasaki, ...

Chinkoro dolls in the shapes of a dog and a rabbit are seen in Sanjo ... Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Japan’s Nissan Motor to Cut Nearly 2,000 Jobs in U.S. Plants; Will Reduce U.S.

Mattel released its new Aaliyah Barbie doll on Thursday in honor of the “Princess of R&B’s” 46th birthday. The doll, which costs $55.99, has already sold out. However, it will be available ...

That is Young-hee, an innocent-looking robotic doll who in fact has a deadly role in the South Korean-made television series to find contestants to gun down playing the game "Red Light ...