Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s use of the word “remorse” in his speech marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War ...

Two people were feared dead and four others were missing after heavy rain pounded northern parts of the main island of Kyushu ...

A photo of several Kyushu Shinkansen trains lined up on elevated track in an early morning “evacuation operation” during a ...

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living ...

Chinese media representatives swarmed around a small-statured man as he apologized before a memorial monument on the ...

Because same-sex couples, like those shown in the film, generally fear that their children will face discrimination and ...

The main gate of what used to be Tokyo’s Nakano Prison now stands in a new location without a brick being dropped.

BANGKOK--Thailand’s army warned that it may have to “exercise the right of self-defense” in response to continuing incidents ...

The Cabinet Office has revised its guidelines on how companies and local governments should respond to emergency information ...

Ash, a 7-year-old Australian Shepherd, followed her nose to help capture the search and rescue crown for Team Japan at an ...

Having spent part of his childhood in northern China, manga maestro Tetsuya Chiba knew firsthand about the horrors of war and ...

While pop music blared in the operating room, Hiroshi Sasaki performed cataract surgery on nearly 40 patients, having started ...