"I Started To Have Feelings For Klaus." Japanese call centre operator Yurina Noguchi made headlines by marrying her ...

While some couples in Japan opt for traditional Japanese-style wedding ceremonies, most choose to get married in the Western fashion. The nuptials are usually held in a secular wedding hall, but much ...

A value system regarding family members and relatives, which people are usually not very aware of, emerges in wedding ceremonies. When I attend Japanese weddings, the part that interests me as a ...

The night before, she was still plain Miss Shoda, but from the moment her mother called her at 5 the next morning, she was already “Your Highness.” “Take care of yourself,” said a relative who had ...

The girlish Sri Lankan wearing a bright red Goofy sweater seemed an unlikely source for the troubling story she recalled in her dormitory here, on the outskirts of Kyoto. She described how she had ...

TOKYO -- Back in the 1980s, a wedding reception in Japan was something to see. Brides changed clothes two or three times. The guests -- and there were often hundreds -- were treated to expensive ...