KYOTO--Two “kakejiku” hanging scrolls made using advanced techniques of Nishijin brocade weaving that depict famed “byobu” ...

Naoe and Yasuke take on the entire Takahashi family in The Twisted Tree. At the behest of the monk Ujimasa in Assassin’s ...

Renowned Japanese wrestler Osamu Nishimura has passed away at the age of 53 after a tough battle with esophageal cancer. Nishimura, one of the most celebrated figures in Japanese wrestling ...

Osamu Nishimura, one of the most prolific wrestlers from the Japanese wrestling community has passed away at the age of 53. Nishimura had been suffering from esophageal cancer since last year and ...

Black wheels are a popular trend and there are a ton of options for various budgets. Whether you need some wheels to put your snow tires on or you just want to improve the look of your car, there ...

The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents. By Jin Yu Young and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

TOKYO, March 6 — The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals and left in the Philippines after World War II, to coincide with the ...

I am somewhere in the trees. Thigh-deep in powder. Stomping through the snow. Not riding my board as I should be but carrying it. Muttering to myself about taking the wrong line and getting stuck ...

After earning absolute power over Japan’s feuding factions, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the island nation’s first shogun, and in the early 17th century he consolidated his political control in Edo ...

TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Japan's economy expanded in the October-December quarter at a slower pace than initially reported, weighed by weaker consumption but still likely supporting the case ...