Japanese hit songs trimming intros, getting to chorus faster, Nara student finds

NARA -- The length of Japan's hit songs and their intros have grown shorter in recent years, while their choruses are ...
Risk

In-depth introduction: Japan

Japan's finance ministry plans to issue new bonds this year worth a total of ¥36.9 trillion ($309.1 billion). The country's central bank, meanwhile, is planning to buy ¥80 trillion of the debt, under ...
TravelPulse

An Introduction to Shikoku, Japan

Most first-time travelers to Japan head directly to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka to explore cities they've seen sprawled across their social media accounts, meanwhile overlooking one of Japan's most ...
PBS

Japan's About-Face

Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution reads: Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and ...