A viral Instagram video has sparked debate by revealing that the Westernized version of Ikigai, often shown as a Venn diagram ...

Or you might buy a cooking pot that screamed when you put it on the fire and revealed itself to be a tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog), badly burnt and probably dead. (Tanuki are rather inept shape ...

Journal Editorial Report: The President pushes ahead with tariffs despite high prices. Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It seems to be a matter of faith among ...

(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — Japanese officials said senior Taliban representatives were in the capital for talks, ...

Alternatively, Japanese mythology developed independently of western mythology. The gods, figures, creatures, characters, and meanings are all unique to those that westerners are used to. The books ...

10 of Taylor Swift's albums appear on the Billboard charts this week, but only Folklore manages to ... [+] climb on each of the four rankings it appears on this frame. LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 15 ...

Based on a myth first told in Greece over 2,500 years ago, Hadestown is a modern retelling of the story of lovers Orpheus and Eurydice. In ancient Greece, Orpheus was considered the greatest of ...

For all his many faults, there is no one with a better track record of myth-busting. Take — as a recent and near-perfect example — his declaration that he foresees “a long-term ownership ...

In Norse Mythology, the goddess Freja is associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and farseeing magic. She is featured in many mythological stories and often in stories inspired by ...