An American tourist’s confusion over a missing bed in her Japanese hotel room has ignited both mockery and sympathy online.

An American tourist highlighted their innocent confusion concerning a “missing bed” in her Japanese hotel room, and this has ...

Tokyo-- Many of us are in the habit of burning the candle at both ends during the week and crashing on the weekend, but experts are issuing increasingly dire warnings about the dangers of "sleep ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. According to tradition, Japanese schoolchildren preparing for entrance exams are encouraged to live by the ...

If there`s one thing I learned during my trip to Japan last autumn, it`s this: Don`t underestimate those folks. When they come up with a new idea, the rest of the world will be buying it within the ...

In many Asian cultures, work is equated with one’s worth. Work is perceived with reverence and cultural honor even if it supersedes your mental or physical health. For the Japanese, the importance of ...

"O sleep, o gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse" — Shakespeare, as usual, says it best. We don't sleep well. We are restless, fidgety. We toss and turn. Dropping off at last, we dream uneasy dreams and ...

Ancient Japanese poetry is full of sleeplessness. So is modern life. The ancients needed no sleep doctors, sleep scientists or sleep consultants — as we do — to explain and cure their wakefulness.