What are the hallmarks of a resilient, balanced, long-term happiness? Traditional Japanese wisdom offers insights.

A viral TikTok captured the moment a waitress in Japan transformed a new mom's life during dinner by offering to carry her newborn so she and her husband could enjoy their meal.

Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...