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Japan's passport is tied with South Korea's as the world's second strongest passport after Singapore, allowing visa-free entry to 190 destinations, according to this year's Henley Passport Index. Getty Images

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Warner Music Japan president and CEO Takeshi Okada, whose company is initiating a ‘full-scale’ expansion into anime music with an NBCUniversal Japan agreement. Photo Credit: WMG Warner Music Japan (WMJ) has kicked off “a full-scale entry into” the anime music space under a new partnership with NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. WMJ, where Takeshi Okada started as CEO

Deutsche Welle (a.k.a. DW), an international media outlet from Germany, published an article not only about manga’s growth and possibilities, but also about manga’s growth in America. According to DW, the Japan business federation known as Keidanren has written a proposal for the Japanese government to use its power toward aggressively publicizing anime...

Canada and the UK pushed for the inclusion of a 2030 deadline to end domestic coal-fired electricity. But their plan failed following strong opposition. The post Japan, US and EU block G7 from setting coal phase out date appeared first on Climate Home News...

Philippine Ambassador to Japan Mylene Garcia-Albano says agreements eyed may also generate 8,000 jobs for Filipinos...

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Japan's new Chief of Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu announces new cabinet members at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan October...

For a long time, Japan has been perceived as a tech-oriented country, exporting a futuristic pop culture to the world, and those who visit can actually find the neon-lit megacities they’re looking for, operating cleanly twenty-four hours a day. At the same time, though, there are aspects of Japanese daily life that remain firmly analogue