After World War II, folding umbrellas and plastic umbrellas flooded the Japanese market. Once a coveted cultural symbol, umbrellas have gradually turned into an everyday item. “An umbrella has ...

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Companies are finding ways to reuse umbrellas or rent them out as Japan goes through an alarming amount of them each year. About 120 million to 130 million umbrellas, roughly the population of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, his office said on Thursday, drawing ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba continues Japan’s delicate balancing act by honouring the nation’s war dead with a ritual ...

Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko Sakuma has ...

Each umbrella features the character’s color scheme, symbol, and a crest charm hanging off the handle. The symbol of the house they’re from is also on the bag. The inside of the umbrella also ...

The recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a fast-dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors who are facing down the ...

One person is dead and seven others are missing in Noto Peninsula, Japanese news media reported. The region is still recovering from a catastrophic earthquake. By Yan Zhuang Record rainfall in ...

However, after multiple series down, Way has produced some inventive and relatable comics, most notably The Umbrella Academy. However, with all great TV or movie adaptations, they mostly become ...