During World War II, the Japanese forced thousands of women into sexual slavery. Known as the ‘comfort women’, their story is ...

Alastair Gale was Asia security correspondent and Japan editor for The Wall Street Journal, based in Tokyo. He covered ...

His films tapped into the fantasies of disgruntled youth by embracing brazen sexuality and countercultural politics. But ...

I was promised cherry blossoms if I came to Tokyo,” joked Professor Peter Feaver on a chilly March Friday to a room full of ...

Convenience stores, ice and whisky first came as U.S. imports. Then, they were reinvented.

Tammy Gathright, who lives in Anchorage, was one of Grangier's first customers at The Village Anchor ... He hired chef Bryan Emperor, a New York City native with years of Japanese cuisine experience, ...

Last week, the emperor and Empress Masako visited Iwoto Island, formerly known as Iwo Jima, the site of a fierce battle in the Pacific between Japan and the United States, to mourn the war dead from ...

Earlier this week, the emperor and Empress Masako visited Iwoto Island, formerly known as Iwojima, the site of a fierce battle in the Pacific between Japan and the United States, to mourn the war dead ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- As Japan's Emperor Naruhito travels across the country ... It was the imperial couple's first-ever journey to the island, which is located 1,250 kilometers south of Tokyo.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are pictured ... to attend an opening ceremony for the six-month-long event. The first day of the imperial couple's two-day stay in Osaka will see ...