Cat Tail anal plugs? Menstruation aroma spray? Manufacturers have some peculiar ideas about what appeals to women

An expatriate mom in Japan learns that a dewhiskered Hello Kitty rice ball in her child's lunch could forever condemn her as a rotten mother.

Pop culture: As global as you want it to be.

China and Japan rattle sabers, again. The crazed Next Media animators see another opportunity to strike

Until very recently, sexual acts in Japan were not linked to sexual identity

Don't mess with the fan-subbing anime otaku. They are the past and future of the Internet. And they are fearless.

The plan may not please China

Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh all said awful things about Japan. Will this be a teaching moment?

...there's the "My After Sex Buddy," a new novelty item designed after an old gender stereotype

Only 20 percent of students who took last year's NAEP were "proficient" in civics. See how you'd have done

A NJ plaque honoring 200,000 women forced to provide sex for Japanese soldiers sparked international controversy

Yet another reminder that human influence on our planet extends even to the sky

We talk to three young women of Shimoda as they start their lives as traditional entertainers

A Japanese machine introduces males to the pain and inconvenience of periods

Think the news was all about Japan, Libya and Bahrain? Think again