The Expo 2025 has opened in Osaka with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of ...

By David McNeill I first interviewed Shiori Ito in 2017, shortly after a press conference in which she had accused a ...

Fabricated footage the broadcaster aired was used by South Korean media to claim that Koreans were forced to work on Hashima ...

A new documentary film that depicts the long campaigns waged by two Okinawa governors against the concentration of U.S.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 has shot up in early trading, gaining more than 2,000 points, as investors welcomed President ...

James travels from Tokyo to the ancient capital of Kyoto, where a robot guide shows him its temples and shrines; James joins a biker gang for a spin around Mount Fuji; he is entertained by a geisha ...

A new documentary reveals how a yogi convinced thousands of students to join his murderous cult, providing lessons for ...

The scene belies a looming challenge in Japan, where deaths outnumber births and the population is aging rapidly. By 2035 more than a quarter of Tokyo’s population will be over 65. Each day ...