During World War II, the Japanese forced thousands of women into sexual slavery. Known as the ‘comfort women’, their story is ...

His films tapped into the fantasies of disgruntled youth by embracing brazen sexuality and countercultural politics. But ...

World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.

Royal New Zealand Navy veteran Ken Gordon has received a letter from King Charles thanking him for his war service. To mark ...

I was promised cherry blossoms if I came to Tokyo,” joked Professor Peter Feaver on a chilly March Friday to a room full of ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

The event is stirring memories of an exhibition in 1970, when the postwar Japanese economy was taking off and “you could have dreams about the future.” ...

Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE's cuts to art funding are killing planned music documentaries, including ones on folk hero John Henry and jazz.

India's bullet train project is gaining momentum as Japan plans to provide E5 and E3 series Shinkansen trains for inspection ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, UNITED STATES, April 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a secure, state-of-the-art facility protected by biometric access and armed security, a rare and virtually priceless ...

Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was ...