Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality ...

Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going to be on a lot of gamers’ minds this year.

The film, which won Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design, starts off as a samurai epic before burrowing deeper into something more Shakespearean. The result is a visually ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

The increased focus on foreign travelers follows the death of a Hong Kong woman on the outskirts of Otaru. The 61-year-old ...

While the North Korean soldiers are “all young, trained, hardy fighters,”Pokémon said, they would have not previously faced a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) – which have transformed the war ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. At least 14 people were killed in Poltava ...

Since the United States seized control of Guam during World War II, the US military has slowly turned the Pacific island into ...

The ironclad argument for Japan to keep a full complement of tanks for national defense is being questioned after Russian combat vehicles were destroyed during the invasion of Ukraine. The Finance ...

In 2008, the government belatedly recognized the Ainu as Japan’s indigenous people. (This article was written by Yuta Kayaba and Fumiko Yoshigaki.) ...

Dozens of U.S. and Japanese military aircraft held training around Okinawa Island in the Western Pacific Ocean.