Expecting stable demand and market growth, Citizen had announced plans to pour resources into mechanical watches. The Citizen is marketed primarily in Japan but will go on sale overseas in earnest ...

Highlights include the Seikosha Laurel which was the first wristwatch produced in Japan, using a Swiss-designed movement made under license. The diminutive 28mm watch features a hand painted ...

Seiko has gotten a lot of headlines this year for celebrating 100 years of the brand, with 1924 marking the first time “Seiko” appeared on a watch dial. But that same year, another Japanese ...

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A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

Here’s how it works. I find myself really appreciating the true value of a great running watch when I wonder how runners used to track distance, pace, and heart rate before the advent of sports ...

but the BBC’s Japan correspondent Shaimaa Khalil investigates the reality behind the social media trend. Video by Isabelle Rodd Watch: BBC China correspondent ordered to stop filming and pushed ...

Content creators in Japan are going viral for buying and renovating cheap, abandoned homes known as akiyas. In Tokyo, akiyas can be purchased for a fraction of the price of what a home would cost ...

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What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...

The All Blacks and Japan last clashed in 2022. Photo / Photosport The All Blacks first faced Japan at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, producing their highest-ever score in a 145-17 thrashing in ...