East Asia is home to 30% of the world's population but has recorded only 2.4% of the COVID-19 glo...
In both Okinawa and Iwakuni, locals worry that American soldiers and their families are importing...
Japan's notorious yakuza — "gangsters" — have displayed (in addition to their trademark tattoos) a peculiar sense of civic duty in the face of past natural disasters, having donated money ...
The Japanese archipelago Okinawa is both a popular travel destination and home to the highest rat...
-Analysis- TOKYO — On May 1, Crown Prince Naruhito will succeed his father, Emperor Akihito, to become the 126th Japanese emperor. The April 1 announcement of the new imperial era's name, ...
Six men, one flag: it is the defining image of the Greatest Generation. No bodies, no planes or tanks, and yet it has become one of the most recognizable images of that worldwide conflict that ...
As the Japanese government plans to accept up to about 340,000 new foreign workers over the next ...
As life expectancy numbers rise, a growing number of seniors experience kodokushi (lonely death),...
