WIRED tests the benefits and limitations of using generative AI, specifically ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, as a language ...

A research team, including Professor Naoto Tomioka of Okayama University of Science, has uncovered new genetic evidence challenging the long-standing "dual-structure model" of Japanese ancestry. By ...

A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.

While 61 percent of Japanese people are aware of generative artificial intelligence, only 9 percent have used it, according to a survey, highlighting the challenges Japan faces in adopting the new ...

For Yumiko Shibata, being a voice actress was always a dream as much as a career. Bringing popular manga characters to life in animated movies and video games was rewarding, but paid so poorly that ...

Growing up in Nara, Japan, I was surrounded by natural beauty, historic sites, long-held traditions and authentic, delicious ...

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Art provides diversification in portfolios, exhibiting a low price correlation with stocks and bonds. As an investment, art can hedge against inflation, but expect bond-level returns. Investors ...

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

February 14, 2025 • In this Valentine's Day edition of StoryCorps, hear about Bud and Jackie Jones, career taxidermists who met in the 1950s and owned a taxidermy shop in Tallapoosa, Georgia ...

Get inspired by the diverse walking traditions from around the world. (Photo illustration: Till Lauer for Yahoo News) ...

Yes, Japan hosts numerous cherry blossom festivals centered around the traditional practice of “hanami,” or flower viewing. These festivals occur during the brief cherry blossom season, which lasts ...