Death was a television spectacle of horror in Japan last week. Before TV cameras, nearly all Japan’s top politicians were gathered together on the same platform in Tokyo’s Hibiya Hall. There ...

Archaeologists working in Japan have unearthed a massively oversized sword in a 1,600-year-old burial site, leading researchers to believe that the unwieldy weapon was buried with the deceased to ...

Brookfield knife sharpener Alena Joling was selected as one of 12 people to visit the world's oldest knifemaking factory, Kikuichi Cutlery, in Nara, Japan.

Japan’s monetary policy is becoming even more unorthodox on the path to normality. ... Bank of Japan has its cake and eats it. By Reuters. July 28, 2023 10:36 AM UTC Updated ago ...

This dako sword, measuring 2.37 meters long and 6 centimeters wide, is the oldest of its kind in Japan and the largest iron blade found in East Asia from the Kofun period (about third to seventh ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an oversized ceremonial iron sword and a bronze mirror shaped like a shield from a 1,600-year-old burial mound in Nara, Japan. When you purchase through links on our ...

A more expensive Christmas cake is the latest inflationary hit to Japan’s festive season. The average price of a holiday season cake has risen by around 5% since last year to ¥4,040 ($30 ...

The Queen insisted on borrowing a ceremonial sword to cut a cake during a royal engagement – prompting laughter from the Duchesses of Cornwall and Cambridge. The monarch had been handed the ...