Competing without weight distinction, it showcases judo in its original form, attracting all Japanese judoka to want to test themselves...
Ishihara loved unlikely adventures, but there was more to it than that. He was fascinated by the supernatural and inexplicable, and even flying saucers.
"I came to appreciate his willingness to rethink his own position if he concluded he had been in the wrong, and to try to make amends”ー...
Saying Japan had been an aggressive invader was no more than the “triumphalist view of history held by the victorious Allied Powers,” according to Scott Stokes.
The victory comes less than 40 years after Filipinos ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who had imposed a regime of military law from 1972 to...
A politician who disliked foreigners but pro-immigration, won Japan’s top literary prize at 23, was involved in over 40 films, chased the Loch Ness monster ...
His remarkable life took him from growing up in an internment camp to Congress and two Cabinet posts, and restoring the reputation of Japanese Americans.
:On the day of Fujiko’s passing, locals and visitors to the Tokiwaso Manga Museum reminisced about the famed artist’s life and the characters he created.
The late Nobuyoshi Tsubota used to say that he was not a craftsman, but a technician who faithfully met the players’ needs without pushing his own...
Poland's ambassador to Japan Paweł Milewski says military assistance to Ukraine would show that “Japan feels responsible for global security and world peace.”
International partners vow to seize every opportunity in a bid to resolve the abductions issue.
In a historic address to the Japanese parliament, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanks Japan for being the first Asian country to stand up for Ukraine.
