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 ...

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 ...

In a unique ceremony that signals the deepening emotional bonds between humans and artificial intelligence, a Japanese woman, Yurina Noguchi, recently married an AI-generated persona named Lune Klaus ...

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 ...