Moritz Hess shares the incredible story of discovering the legendary Yakuza Vector, hidden and rotting away in Japan. Once a powerful symbol tied to a notorious past, this rare car had seemingly ...

Japan had strict prohibitions on developments higher than 31 meters (around 100 feet), a provision that kept cities dense but ...

As dawn painted the Pacific red, the heavy cruiser Maya prowled the seas as a symbol of Imperial Japan’s naval dominance. In ...

Ogura can still remember that terrible morning in August, 80 years ago. Her older brother, who later died of cancer from ...

Even more than 80 years after it first sailed, the Yamato remains the largest and heaviest battleship ever constructed.

It's not just the black-and-white numbers that made the year so miserable. The totality of the Chicago sports experience was dreadful.

Emiko Ohnuki-Tiernay discusses rice's profound cultural significance in Japan, tracing its historical roots from ancient ...

All '90s kids have fond memories of holding our very own Tickle Me Elmo — or totally dominating our friends' Pogs collections.

This made the species a symbol of good luck for the Catholic denomination dating back to the Middle Ages. “They’re thought to be a symbol of piety and spiritualism,” he said.

The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday.

In 1960, Japan’s most celebrated aviator traveled 7,000 miles to the dunes of Kitty Hawk, making a happy pilgrimage to the spot that launched humankind into the sky. Retired Lt. Gen Yoshitoshi ...