Japan’s two major religions, Shinto and Buddhism, appear to coexist peacefully today—but their shared history is anything but simple. This video traces their complex relationship, from early ...

Tsin Yuhei, a 19-year-old freshman from City University of Hong Kong, carefully pressed a piece of paper onto an inscribed ...

Hiroshima was bombed by the American military on Aug. 6, 1945, causing the deaths of about 140,000 residents by the end of the year and bringing to a close Japan’s imperial rampage across Asia and the ...

St. Kolbe was captured by the German occupiers of Poland on Feb. 17, 1941 – first placed in the murderous Pawiak Gestapo ...

Every day, we are exposed to radiation—when going through security scanners, during routine medical care, or directly from the environment. In each case, our radiation safety limits are based on ...

In his report, Clark wrote that Takeda “readily agreed” and, as US and Japanese soldiers knelt together by the shore in ...

Japan is a land of contrasts,where centuries-old traditions blend seamlessly with some of the world’s most advanced ...

Kolbe’s friary survived Nagasaki’s atomic blast and still echoes his message: true peace is built through prayer, not power ...

This plea – rooted in lived experience and moral responsibility – was recognized globally when the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has become Japan’s oldest living person.

Behind the ceremonial vocabulary used by Xi lies a system of epistemic control – one that quietly disables any version of ...