TOKYO -- Shochu, a tipple little known outside its native Japan, is the subject of a new export drive by brewer Kirin's wine ...

There aren't any native lion or tiger populations living in Japan today, but this was not always the case. Fossil evidence indicates that at least one species of large cat roamed the archipelago ...

Three-time U.S. champion Amber Glenn appeared headed into the short program lead before erring on a critical triple loop to ...

More than 120,000 Japanese Americans were held in two Arizona camps in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

A new astronomical tool on Maunakea was given its official name, with the Hawaiian name "ʻŌnohiʻula" designated to the Subaru ...

On Cape Toi in the city of Kushima, located at the southernmost tip of Miyazaki Prefecture, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, ...

Social media-savvy, young swing voters are emerging as a key demographic for political parties and some digital platformers ...

Today, Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of US military bases in the country, despite making up just 0.6 percent of Japan's land ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a two-thirds supermajority in the lower house, demonstrating the viability ...

Celebrating the Women Shaping Japan’s Cybersecurity Future CSWJ recognize leadership that strengthens security through ...

Columnist Justice B. Hill reflects on a friend’s life in Tokyo, and what living abroad can teach about identity, belonging ...

Nothing surgical could prepare her family for June 18, 2004, when her father was shot and killed on duty for the Grand Prairie Police Department.