Life in Japan works differently in everyday situations. The differences show up in routine things like how people behave in public, how services operate, and how shared spaces are treated.

Japan’s centenarian population has reached a record high as the country continues to maintain the world’s longest life expectancy – a milestone officials credit to healthy lifestyles and fewer fatal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Gu Chuan and his wife, relocating from China to Japan appeared to be a logical choice. Last year, when China's economy slowed ...

Prudential Life Insurance Co said Wednesday it will voluntarily suspend sales of life insurance products in Japan for 90 days starting next week, following revelations that over 100 of its current and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryan Cole (center) with friends carrying a Mikoshi — a portable shrine — during a festival in Yorii, Japan.Courtesy of Ryan Cole ...

Japan’s high life expectancy has captured global attention, with many of its citizens reaching their 100th birthdays and beyond. This longevity stems from a combination of cultural habits, diet, ...

What goes around took a while to come around in Japanese culture. For a long time after the invention of the wheel, much of the travel in Japan was still done on foot. Once they got rolling, though, ...

For Westerners, science has served as the cornerstone of their existence for centuries, a development significantly influenced by Christianity. By demystifying the natural world, unlike the animistic ...

A pair of life insurers announced significant reinsurance deals this week with Japanese reinsurance companies. Billion-dollar reinsurance arrangements are part of the new life insurance industry ...