The British diplomat Sir Rutherford Alcock noted “a great love of order and cleanliness” in his “Narrative of a Three Years Residence in Japan,” from 1863, and, a few years later ...

Japan has a notorious earthquake history. About 1,500 earthquakes strike the island nation every year. Minor tremors occur on a nearly daily basis. Deadly quakes are a tragic part of the nation's ...

Christopher Harding opens his comprehensive new history of ... monsters of hell, Japan has neurotically struggled to cope with the demon of "modernity" over the past 150 years.

The U.S. Army Center of Military History estimates ... while others contend that Japan has apologized enough and should be allowed to move on. Prime ministers over the years have voiced remorse ...

Every 20 years, locals tear down the ... called Shikinen Sengo. Japan for Sustainability’s Junko Edahiro describes the history of the ceremony at length and reports on the upcoming festivities ...