Now ubiquitous in many of Japan’s 9,000 stations, the first eki stamp appeared in 1931 at Fukui station near the Sea of Japan coast, where stationmaster Kanichi Tominaga hit upon the idea of a ...

Actor Hiroyuki Sanada holds a press conference after being awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon, in Los Angeles, Oct. 30, 2018. (Mainichi/Hiromi Nagano) NEW YORK (Mainichi) -- Japanese actor ...

Three Japanese people, including actor Hiroyuki Sanada, are among Time's 100 most influential people in the world, according to a list released by the U.S. magazine on Wednesday. The other two ...

The study’s Japanese expert, Tetsuo Kotani, a professor at Meikai University and a senior fellow in the Japan Institute of International Affairs, recommends that Australia, Japan and the US ...

4chan, the largest image bulletin board in the English-speaking world owned by Hiroyuki Nishimura, was taken offline around April 14, 2025 after what appeared to be a large-scale hacking attack ...