Historians have found that a broadcast from U.S.-based Voice of America (VOA) was the first to inform the Korean public of ...

Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has formally awarded the contract to build the country's second Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) to Japan Marine United ...

Of the 32 eels that were swallowed whole by dark sleeper fish in a recent study, nine of them successfully escaped to safety ...

An Australian teens regrettable decision ended up costing him his life and his final moments were captured in a photo, by ...

Anime body pillows are one way for fans to get their fix, and have gained popularity in some circles, while ruffling feathers ...

The weak yen and stagnant salaries have dented the image of Japan from around Asia as a place to go for big paychecks and possible quick windfalls. Japan, in fact, is now seen as a “less-chosen ...

BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Tokyo said Thursday that a 10-year-old Japanese student attending a Japanese school in southern China who was attacked the day before has died, asking Beijing to provide ...

Unkei (c. 1150–1223) is probably the best-known individual talent in the history of Buddhist art in Japan. This debut work, a seated image of Dainichi Nyorai (the Mahāvairocana Buddha ...

The site was originally a nunnery apparently built for Anahobe no Hashihito, the mother of Shōtoku Taishi, the prince who was one of the most important patrons of early Japanese Buddhism.

At least 20 people were killed and over 450 injured after walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry ...

SINGAPORE: With Fumio Kishida last week announcing that he will not re-contest for a second term as leader of the incumbent Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), his tenure as Japan’s prime minister ...

Despite the leather jackets and lounge suits, this is not the cover image of Japan's latest boy band — it's a collective of 19 "handsome men who arrange flowers". The ancient Japanese art of flo ...