Hana Glover Bennett was born in Nagasaki in 1876, at the dawn of the Meiji Era (1868-1912).

Touted Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki landed on the injured list Tuesday with right shoulder impingement.

WASHINGTON--Online shoppers in the U.S. will see a price break on their purchases valued at less than $800 and shipped from ...

It’s a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn’t ...

Nearly half of people who read false rumors or misinformation online believe the contents are true, according to the internal ...

Recently, an Asahi Shimbun reporter climbed into Science Co.'s “Mirai (future) Human Washing Machine” at the Osaka Kansai ...

In early summer 1877, the 10th year of the Meiji Era (1868–1912), a passenger ship from San Francisco arrived at Yokohama ...

Japan has embarked on a mission to create a battery system that can continuously generate electricity for a century under the ...

OSAKA—A simple change in scenery has led to a dramatic decrease in prostitutes soliciting customers in a narrow alley running ...

German author Erich Kastner (1899-1974), whose works included children’s literature, secretly kept a diary while resisting ...

The five-member male idol group Arashi announced on May 6 that it will end activities with a concert tour to be held next ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday signaled that increasing corn imports from the U.S. would be among options ...