The Floating World” transports visitors to a time when Japan was emerging from the feudal era and modern cities were booming.

The crew of the USS Indianapolis endured the 'worst shark attack ever' and were forced to feed their own dead to the sharks.

Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, one of the most distinguished officers of the Indian Army, passed away ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on ...

A startup building massive, bullet-shaped helium balloons that float in the stratosphere has raised $15 million from SoftBank Group Corp. — part of an effort to monitor climate data and bring ...

In today’s special looking at all things Japan, we bring updates on two key trade deals with China and the United States.

Five paddlers journeyed from Taiwan to Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island in 45 hours. Their efforts provide new insights into prehistoric mariners' tools and techniques ...

Five paddlers completed a journey from Taiwan to Yonaguni Island, across some of the world's fastest oceanic currents, ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...

When and where the earliest modern human populations migrated and settled in East Asia is relatively well known. However, how ...