According to the National Printing Bureau, the subjects should be well-known to the Japanese people and someone to take pride in. Their portraits need to be rendered as precisely as possible to ...

Otaru, a northern Japanese city in Hokkaido, has deployed security guards to address repeated instances of unruly behaviour by visitors. The development comes after complaints of crowds obstructing th ...

Older black-and-white photos do not show Japanese people posing with the famous sign. Several stories exist to explain how the gesture gained popularity in Japanese society. Representatives of ...