Inside her home in Southern California, Mary Izumi sits at her piano flipping through the yellowed pages of her old songbooks. Along with her high school yearbook, they are the last remaining ...

This mountain-ringed city in Japan’s Tohoku region has long been proud of its reputation as a producer of top-quality Yonezawa wagyu beef, world-class Yonezawa-ori fabrics, sake, hidden onsen, and its ...

Taiyo Furusato has officially made it a clean sweep in the 2021 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup, the Japanese rider rounding out the season in style with another win. It was another duel against Danial ...

Japanese may not be known as the most charity-minded people in the world. But if there is one charitable activity that has proved a hit in this country in recent years, it's the “furusato nozei,” or ...

Amazon Japan has entered the “furusato nozei” (hometown tax) program’s intermediary business, just in time for the year-end ...

Let’s face it: doing your taxes is no fun. This is especially true if you live in Japan, where it can come with all sorts of complications due to the language and an unfamiliar tax system. However, ...

The Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup season is GO and Race 1 at Losail International Circuit was a classic, with Kanta Hamada duelling superstar rookie Taiyo Furusato right to the wire and the two crossing ...

‘Tis the season for the great outdoors again, especially if you’re into catching the autumn foliage and flowers. The cosmos, a herbaceous plant that grows into a meadowland producing colourful flowers ...

Takeru Furusato discusses his wonder goal against Guatemala and belief Japan can win Seychelles 2025, while Ozu Moreira hails upcoming opponent Ihar Bryshtsel. If it took 10 matches for a goalkeeper ...