I was riding the Ichibata Electric Railway in Shimane Prefecture when a “manners poster” caught my eye. Within a frame of ...

A recent BBC report described women posing as men to get hold of testosterone gel, hoping to improve their menopause symptoms, because female testosterone products are not easily available to them.

For some Studio Ghibli characters, the marketing potential is obvious. Totoro, for example, is so invitingly cuddly-looking ...

Cosmetics made with ingredients ranging from salmon and sugar beet to birch sap are attracting growing interest, with ...

AI agents don’t go rogue. That’s something only humans do. Nevertheless, a New York Times article – representative of much news coverage of AI – described an OpenAI hacking as “A.I. bots going rogue ...

Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island and a popular tourist destination, has again been ranked the country's most attractive prefecture in an annual survey, retaining the top spot for the 18th ...

Concentrate! Easily said – sometimes easily done. Maybe it would be easy all the time if we only did things we liked, but that, the world being what it is, is impossible. We flog the brain to focus on ...

On the cusp of the studio’s merger with Paramount, Warner Bros.’ “Digger” flopped in its opening weekend, handing Tom Cruise ...

Approximately 30% of U.S. adults who were learning a language in 2025 reported that they were using artificial intelligence as a resource. People can use AI-powered chatbots, like ChatGPTand Gemini, ...

A high-profile Japanese anime voice actor has taken TikTok to court over videos he says feature an artificial intelligence clone of his "lustrous" baritone, with a verdict due on Wednesday. AI ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says that Japan and the United States have become "allies bound by very strong ties" based on mutual trust after World War II, following a U.S.-China summit that noted ...